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wynplus1's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.5
I'm really sad to rate this book so low because I genuinely enjoyed the first 75% of it! It was going to be a very solid 4, but the last 25% just... really ruined it for me.
I love the novel's tone, i love the style in which it's written. Thiago is a really sympathetic character and I found myself rooting for him early on. I like the novel's exploration of grief and the "weird" horror vibes. It felt like watching a really tense horror movie, something artsy and "elevated".
It really started to lose meafter Diane's death and it never won me back. It feels like the novel should've ended a lot sooner, and the ending was just... disappointing. Bleak, but not even in a way that feels deserving. It just feels like it ends with no real resolution, and it really soured the overall enjoyment I was feeling previously.
I love the novel's tone, i love the style in which it's written. Thiago is a really sympathetic character and I found myself rooting for him early on. I like the novel's exploration of grief and the "weird" horror vibes. It felt like watching a really tense horror movie, something artsy and "elevated".
It really started to lose me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts
icanreadish's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
5.0
A desolate horror full of grief and loneliness. I cried, but I enjoyed reading this so much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
greavuem's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Animal death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit
entommoore's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Body horror
Minor: Addiction
niedererer's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
jillian_mon's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Definitely engaging and superb writing of horror. Still, I didn’t like the whole plot, I liked how it was told but not the plot itself. Simple my preference. I also cannot stand animal death but after having read it fully I do have a great appreciation for how the book conveys themes of grief of a partner. Very similar in horror terms of “it follows”.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Toxic relationship
malexandriay's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Vomit, Cursing, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Animal death
nuklearblonde's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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? Yes
3.0
This book was my first horror/thriller and I gotta say that I don't think this was a good introduction to the genre. The beginning was great. It talked about the main characters grief and there was some alluding to there house being haunted. However, about 2/3 of the way through things started to go down hill. The plot seemed all mixed up. There was less explanation going on. And honestly it just felt like a completely different story from the first part of the book. I didn't hate the story but it was very lackluster and I wish that the ending had a little more to it. It was also a let down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Gore
ruronisai's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death
yccmqb's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-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
3.5
This is a strange story focused on grief. Thiago loses his wife and in his mourning re-counts and experiences strange things that are happening. Funny at times, some really strong quotes. Feels like one I need to sit with and maybe revisit? Definitely some fever dreamy vibes as well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Suicide