Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

177 reviews

peyton_james969's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, and Death of parent

quinn_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Wow! This book blew me away and exceeded all of my expectations. The story is intoxicatingly addictive, and constantly keeps you guessing about what happened to the three Hollow sisters. The writing is atmospheric and so brutally vivid that it paints a tangible, gruesome world for the reader to interact with. 
Perhaps in the ending I would have liked a little more from the characters as the reveal unfolded quite quickly, but other than that, the journey with Iris and her sisters was captivating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

kryzysowa_narzeczona's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Kidnapping

willowxrose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Child death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Grief, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, Body horror, and Bullying

bekahzabel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A modern horror story. Sutherland’s writing is reminiscent to Edgar Allan Poe’s, her dark storytelling of the three Hollow sisters has both beautiful and grotesque imagery. The story flows well and keeps you wanting to know more. I would consider this a modern paranormal and horror mystery. 

Worth checking out if you enjoy Poe’s work, Stephen King, or your looking for a stand-alone that’s around 300 pages that will keep you on your toes. 

3.85 rounded to 4🌟 personally i love dark descriptive and almost poetic imagery, so i enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Blood

stewartj0421's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

This book was SLOW. I definitely struggled to get through this at times, yet the story itself always made me pick it back up. I knew the ending would be worth it, and it was. I must add that there were an abundance of editing errors that should not have made it into the final print of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Child death, Violence, Death, Vomit, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gore, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Torture, Stalking, Grief, Murder, Mental illness, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, Child death, and Kidnapping

slime's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Violence, Stalking, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, and Death

remib's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, and Blood