Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry

23 reviews

steffi_23's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

Demon’s transphobic, I don’t respect this demon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Gore

Minor: Sexual assault

wlreed312's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Deadnaming

thebechdelbitch's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

2.0

An interesting story but terribly written, so much monologuing to explain things which we should have just been able to see. Took a gamble on this and wanted a spooky Sep/Oct read but it was just garbage and I ended up feeling SUPER frustrated the entire way through. Also, be warned for lots of deadnaming and terrible treatment of trans folks (accurate to the time period but still unpleasant to read) - didn't earn all of the graphic

sexual assault

scenes either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

gaynerddemon's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Deadnaming, Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death of parent

kshertz's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I started it yesterday and didn’t stop it until I finished it today! That speaks highly of this book. It was slightly creepy but I felt proud I could handle it. 

I love the re-telling and aspect of being who you are. I fell in love with all the characters and loved to hate the villains. You can’t ask for more than that. Definitely a top contender, excellent book. Read it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Misogyny, Blood, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Violence, Transphobia, Murder, Kidnapping, and Death

ladykatka's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.5

The first 3/4 of the book are fantastic, the last part was just ok. I am not a fan of large time skips in order to wrap things up. Also suffers from too many bad guys, (I never thought I would complain about that) and because of that it gets a bit muddled and confused.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, and Transphobia

elroy_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming

Minor: Transphobia

lisaalovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, and Deadnaming

kris_t97's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Interesting range of characters with a different take on the Sleepy Hollow/ Headless Horseman tale. A decent balance of human and supernatural horror as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming and Animal death