Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

85 reviews

bwwilhelm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Check the content warnings, and take them very seriously!

That said, this book is nothing like I expected it to be. It's a glorious, dark fairy tale.

Without giving too much detail...

All the very best villians are somewhat sympathetic.

Also, the idea that souls can get stuck after death, not just because they have unfinished business,  BUT ALSO BECAUSE SOMEONE LIVING IS UNABLE TO LET THEM GO ... just, wow. My heart hurts in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

mermay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I feel like my whole review is going to be a spoiler, so I'll hide it a lot of it just in case. I never write reviews, this was a message to my best friend so this might be rough, but wow. Bruh. Okay. Bruh. This book. This book is amazing, it really is. Well-written, unpredictable, and engaging enough that I just spent the last 5 and a half hours reading it straight through without pause (until 3:30am). HOWEVER. It is very very dark.

It is also incredibly primally evocative creating fear, tension, and disgust by way of bodily fluids (vomiting, mildew, infestations of bugs, a few mentions of urine, and a lot of talk about rot and decay of death and dead things). It really painted a vivid picture in my mind while I was reading, it just didn't evoke pleasant things. I also don't know if I'd classify it with having a happy ending. I'm pleased with the way things turned out. Like I said, it's well crafted and this author did a really good job with character and plot development. I don't think there will be a sequel because it doesn't need one. I would rec solely based on the fact that it is a GREAT book, but you should know the rest of this stuff too before reading. Also, due to magical abilities that play a major role in the plot, non-con is a pretty strong theme throughout this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Specifics about a non-con scene between a teenage girl and adult man in the wrap.

There's a short...non-explicit, but potentially upsetting, scene that contains non-consensual kissing and touching between the main character and a man much older than her in a flashback. It doesn't go farther than a kiss, and it's stopped by someone who saves her, but she is definitely traumatized by it. The person who saves her says things to her directly following the assault that could be taken as victim-blaming. If you're reading the book in paper firm it's on pages 173-175 if you'd like to skip it.

allyah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Mir hat es wirklich Spaß gemacht, das Buch zu lesen. Da das vermutlich etwas irritierend klingt, wenn man den Inhalt kennt, dazu noch eine Erläuterung:
Alles ging sehr schnell und ich hatte keinen Moment an dem ich mich gelangweilt habe. Die Story ist durch die Perspektivenwahl wie ein großes Geheimnis, was man versucht zu lösen. (Das ist denke ich, der besonders spaßige Teil für mich.)
Alles ist düster und eklig beschrieben, aber einfach so übertrieben dunkel, dass es sich schon nicht mehr realistisch anfühlt. Die Personen verhalten sich sehr glaubwürdig, sind nicht perfekt (offensichtlich) und sprechen auch normal. Zudem finde ich es cool, wie normal Medien hier eingebunden sind. Es ist keine große Sache und absolut glaubwürdig, dass man YouTube-Tutorials nutzt um sich beizubringen wie man Waffen lädt,zum Beispiel.
Nach dem Buch stellt man sich selbst die Frage: Wie weit würdest du für deine Geschwister gehen? 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

rachelwierick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

chichisode's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Vomit, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Pedophilia, and Violence

moon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

house of hollow is one hell of a strange story. i certainly enjoyed the writing, seeing as i practically couldn't put the book down. the premise is an intriguing one but i'm not sure about its execution and i still have many questions left unanswered.

at the core of this story is the deep, unbreakable bond between sisters. i'm not sure if this is intentional or not, but a lot of the sisters' relationship and dynamic felt really obsessive to a creepy extent? maybe the sisterly bond was over-exaggerated in order to up the creepy factor and mystery, but who knows.

and if they were just wearing the skins of the original sisters, what kind of significance does this information hold anymore? i'm just puzzled because so much of the book was spent alluding to the sisters' strangeness and mystique as the reason for their unnatural beauty.

i'm also not a fan of how tyler, the only major character who was a person of colour, died. it was in such a gruesome and cruel way that i'm not entirely sure is warranted? i don't know man. i just know it didn't sit right with me. he truly deserved better.

which reminds me, why the hell did the author make a 17 year old girl make out with a 20 year old man? tyler is easily my favourite character but come on!!!

in essence, this was a fun read but not without flaws, and i wish certain aspects were done better.

(side note: author seems to be a big fan of the word "fetid" because it appeared like 50 times.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying

bisexual and lesbian main characters, korean secondary character

mommarex1221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Minor: Stalking

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Vomit, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, and Medical trauma

sadiefc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, and Vomit