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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

92 reviews

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Stalking, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Child death, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

lensbooks14's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Misogyny, Bullying, Gore, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Sexual assault

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

Wow, this was an absolutely fascinating and spooky book. It’s full of twist and turns, that you can’t even beginn to predict. It is so hard to put down, the story completely encases you, pulling you further into it‘s dark and rotting depths. 

Alsoo there is sapphic rep!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

etherealisnt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I'm pretty speechless, it's just that this story is exceptionally messed up. The Hollow sisters turn from something you know to something you don't. The story is uncanny from the beginning and it gets crazier with every chapter.

I remember everything. You just wouldn't believe me if I told you.

Grey was right, nobody would believe such an insane story, but people dig the mysterious and occult. At some point even I thought that I'd be happier if I didn't know what exactly was going on, but I also know that I'm way too curious. By the end I had a difficult time accepting all the facts, like come on, that's just plain tragic what happened.

Your life would be happier if you didn’t know.
Knowledge is power.
And ignorance is bliss.

I was pretty hopeful at the beginning and I wasn't let down per se, but some parts felt overly repeated and explained while other (both unnecessary and necessary) questions were left unanswered. 
Sometimes the dialogue seemed like a part of the conversation was just cut out or the flow wasn't entirely natural, but it didn't bother me that much, I just noticed it a couple of times.

There are things in every family that are not talked about. Stories you know without really knowing how you know them, tales of terrible things that cast long shadows over generations.

Oh for sure, this shadow has been cast over these people for so long and there's a sense of knowing what is going on, but still doubting your gut feeling. I feel bad for everyone involved, all of you get therapy!
Seriously, this is one of the more shocking stories I've read. It crawls inside you and makes your skin itch. I did not want to believe until the last second - hope does cruel things to us!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Kidnapping, Medical content, Bullying, and Murder

Um, human skin walking?

imskylow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Dark and twisty and interesting. All of the descriptions had me glued to the pages. The death and decay vibe was just so prevalent everywhere but described with such tangible imagery. 

A WHOLE star off for that egregious kiss though. Did not need that to be in the story. We can have platonic relationships between sexes too, you know 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child death, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Bullying

thebookraiders's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Vomit, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Stalking, Self harm, Gun violence, and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Cursing

darquedreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I spent most of the time reading this book thinking "what the hell am I reading?", but I also couldn't put it down. The writing was dark and atmospheric, and the story was nothing like I've read before. There was a little bit of predictability to the ending, but there was enough of a twist to leave my jaw hanging for a few seconds.

This one was both full of color and void of it in the same time. Like movies in color with black and white flash backs. That's how I can best describe it. It gave Stranger Things vibes, as well as a little, My So Called Life vibes, in a way. It was emotional and shocking and gripping!  It was both beautiful and grotesque, and now I want more! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Death, Sexism, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Drug use, Sexual assault, Child death, Body horror, and Suicide

maryreadstoomuch27's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Self harm, Bullying, and Drug use

giulianalb99's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Rape, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing and Schizophrenia/Psychosis