Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

85 reviews

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

Damn, maybe the horror really was capitalism all along.

I found it a bit hard to get into in the beginning. Hendrix's character exposition for our main narrator Amy is giving "I read a book about poor people once," or maybe I'm just jaded. However, once you get into the spooky stuff, I found it incredibly difficult to put down. I love the way Horrorstör flips the haunted house and

indigenous burial ground

tropes on their heads into an anti-capitalist "good for her" story. Truly grotesque. We love to see it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, and Abandonment

floods, drowning, working retail

turtleraces's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

kathrynok's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

hmetwade's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

toastrats's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

butle2em's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

i really enjoyed this book! 
the beginning was very lighthearted, and even funny, making it nice to ease into.
as it went on, the horror was very prevalent and caught me off guard! i was not expecting it to be genuinely scary, but there were many times that i was physically recoiling with what was happening.
very very good and engaging book, highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

frmeden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Excrement and Stalking

eye horror is a big one if that creeps anyone out and RATS so many rats oh my god i was scared

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Surprisingly fun and dark! 

I like the gore (wish there was more) and I liked Basil and Amy too. The story is good, but the last scenes in Orsk are a little messy  and all over the place. But I liked the corporate greed that really shines through the whole thing. The ending is pretty good, overall a recommended read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Grief