Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn

6 reviews

c0rpsekat's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.75

spooky cryptids hunting emotionally damaged friends in a snowy landscape? sounds like a perfect winter horror read . short , fast paced , tense , and frigid . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Gun violence

toastrats's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Ania Ahlborn has beautiful, vivid writing and knows how to turn your stomach in the gore moments. It's a fun creature feature that is very reminiscent of Until Dawn (although I realize the book predates the release of the game), so if you want something a little mindless with a high death toll and scary monsters, this is the book.

I think the characters were very unlikable and the way April's story and writing were handled was disappointing. The ending wasn't particularly satisfying and had me feeling frustrated with the decisions of the cast. The emotional weight of some of the big moments failed to land because I just didn't really care about these characters. 

Also, you can tell the author really likes the phrase "set his teeth on edge". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal death and Pregnancy

judassilver's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Infidelity, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Misogyny

molliundera_'s review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favorite book of 2022 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Car accident

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Body horror and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

ripxw's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief