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Southern Gothic - Das Grauen wohnt nebenan by Grady Hendrix
623 reviews
kayla_kamldecker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Unfortunately the first half of the book was incredibly slow and difficult for me to get through. The book picked up more around the 60% mark. The pacing was uneven, and many scemes/chapters were superfluous. This might be a good book to study in an English class or discuss in a book club, but I likely will not read it again.
I think this book would be excellent adapted to the big screen.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Child death, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Minor: Pedophilia
mmelibertine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I appreciate the care shown to the intersections of marginalizations. It bluntly shows how white supremacy damages everyone to varying degrees, even those who uphold it, and how thoughtlessly it's upheld by those of us who benefit from it. It never punches down at the marginalized trying to survive under the bootheel of white supremacy, and it doesn't excuse or let off easily those acting within it, even the well intentioned or ignorant.
And it's a damn fine horror story, too.
Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Murder, Body horror, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Blood
kaila_bergmann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Rape and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Drug abuse and Suicide
Minor: Domestic abuse
jillian_b5674's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide
kates_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, and Gore
undeadgearhead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Racism
monster_tabs's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Stalking, and Racism
sarah_bettina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, and Self harm
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship
rahellarad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Honestly unputdownable. I was worried at first since this isn't my usual bag, and I have been known to hate books that follow a female protagonist with a family since so often they're portrayed as sad little pieces of cardboard to be moved around by other people. Patricia Campbell took that expectation and promptly stabbed it.
This book is so absolutely marvellously brilliant because it's a story about characters who do everything right. Grady Hendrix even mentions that so many people say of horror scenarios: "well if that were me, I simply would have done things correctly". And so he wrote a story where things *are* done correctly - concerns raised, evidence gathered, friends confided in, measures taken - and lo and behold, it helps not at all.
And that's exactly why this book is so terrifying. It's about being put in an inescapable situation with absolutely no way out, no matter what you try. Everyone you know turning on you, friends, family, people who have known you since childhood. All set against the quaint suburban backdrop of South Carolina in a neighbourhood where nobody is anything but polite - even when you insist that the man two houses over is a vampire.
Graphic: Rape, Stalking, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Domestic abuse
It is suggested/implied that the monster of the book is engaging inmaebemerissa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexism, and Pedophilia