Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

176 reviews

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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'm going to be thinking about this one for a long time. What a devastating ending! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Suicide

sparklingstarling's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Suicide, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

flute_frog_7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book overall. The story was super intense and engaging, and it sucked me in right away. The character relationships were really deep and interesting.
The only thing I didn’t like was that the gore was a bit too much for me, to the point where I felt nauseous during the last third of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Trafficking, Vomit, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

miky_moon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Bullying, and Kidnapping

aas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Cursing, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, and Suicide

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

alexijai98's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-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

3.0

I can only read so much about how beautiful and ethereal and mysterious 3 girls are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

xuxy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Child death

Minor: Death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

angelica98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I didn't like the end. It felt like an odd colour patch sewn on a new dress. I could have understood (not forgiven) her choice if she planned to publish a second book, but in my opinion the book worth plummeted because of it.

Tyler's death was the most emotional moment of the book, his choice of not being seen by Grey something complex that left a bad aftertaste in my mouth (I'm all for good endings) but understandable and even admirable. Not nice, but a good choice. The epilogue felt like the publisher compelled the author to write a "happy ending" for Tyler too, or something like that. Why would Iris chose to go back to him after he refused the first time? Why would he refuse to go back with the love of his life but would do so with Iris? I could have understood so if framed as giving him a second chance, but it felt like Iris lost all her character development in a moment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Child death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit