Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

49 reviews

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

book_creature's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Death, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child death, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Violence, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Transphobia and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

jaimee_reads's review against another edition

Nothing particularly bad about the book, but I've tried twice to read it and lost interest both times. It's a very slow burn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, and Gore

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, War, Murder, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Violence, Addiction, and Chronic illness

victoriaharris001's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Addiction, Gaslighting, Gore, Trafficking, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

doomluz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I like the mix of Spanish words and phrases, though I’m not sure how much non-Spanish speakers might be able to understand some of them.
It starts sad, but then it gets really intense. It has some supernatural elements, but for the most part it's gritty and realistic, in a gory and violent way.
Overall, it was a great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Addiction, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, and Cancer

Minor: Transphobia

princesstripsy's review against another edition

DNF’d which is rare for me. I’ve read two really bad books from BOM that I managed to suffer through but this one has compounded issues. The language jumps are a good idea on paper but hard to read. The violence and over the top and graphic substance and child abuse was where I officially called it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Drug use, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

I really wanted to like this one but I think it just isn't for me. It left me feeling kind of sad and gross whenever I would listen to the audiobook, and not in a good way. 

I've heard it compared to This Thing Between Us, and I can see the similarities in how it explores grief, but it didn't have that same feeling of cosmic horror.

I do appreciate the themes of this book and the writing. I just don't particularly like the heavy feeling of it. I may go back to this at some other point in time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Terminal illness, Violence, Gore, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

jdai90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book hits like a punch in the gut. It was absolutely riddled with death, grief, religion, violence, and vengeance. Extremely gripping right from the beginning, I devoured this book whole. There are very disturbing parts in the book, so it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. Such a great read, and this book definitely started the new year off with a bang (pun intended). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, War, Toxic friendship, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Vomit, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

ashleymg99's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This book just wasn’t for me. I was really interested in the mysticism, but it was just a bit too dark, gritty, and gory for my personal taste. Some scenes are very graphic (violent) and hard to read, and I don’t consider myself to have a weak stomach. Overall, the book was pretty depressing. I think the writing was great, and the story had a unique premise, but the tone was a bit too rough for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Racism, Grief, Torture, Death, Gore, Child death, Child abuse, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, and Blood