Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry

19 reviews

priscillarobock's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

typedtruths's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

sadly, not my favourite christina henry. a little flat. easily could have been a novella. i think it would have packed more of punch that way

▷ Representation: Ben (mc) is a trans man.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Death, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Child death, and Blood

➸ Trigger warnings for period typical misogyny and transphobia, misgendering and deadnaming, attempted rape of a minor, minor body horror, blood and gore depiction including the mutilation and decapitation of the murdered children's bodies, grief & loss depiction, death of a son/father from self-sacrifice recounted, death of a daughter-in-law/mother from illness recounted, and death of a grandmother and grandfather (on-page), murder.

sonygaystation's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The main character gas unbearable self loathing and toxic attitudes towards being alone and expressing emotion omg someone get this child some genuine attention stat. Idea was promising but it bored me and the characterization was all over the place, especially for gramps. Also the time skip section was truly so painfully uninteresting that when I fell asleep as my book ended and I didn’t hear the last 30 min - an hour of it I didn’t replay it before just returning it to the library and calling it a wash

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Transphobia, Death, Blood, Grief, Child death, Animal death, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual violence

Minor: Dementia, Terminal illness, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Rape

sorrel29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Rape

graceev's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Transphobia

reading_ani's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

“Listen for me. I am the legend of Sleepy Hollow. I am the Horseman.“

I absolutely love, love, looooove this book! Christina Henry has once again proven why she’s one of the best storytellers or rather re-tellers of known stories. Everyone knows the story of the headless horseman, but this genius reinterpretation shines with brilliant twists and a sequel as to how the story could have possibly continued after Washington Irving’s last words were written. Our main character is Bente, aka Ben. The grandchild of the famous Brom Bones and Katrina. After years and years of peace, the headless horseman has returned to Sleepy Hollow…something dark is lurking in the woods and it’s killing children. But why now and has the headless horseman truly returned or is something/someone far more sinister hiding in the shadows? I loved the entire story throughout and though the ending was heavily foreshadowed, I still couldn’t hide a giant smile once it finally happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Child death, Deadnaming, and Body horror

Minor: Bullying and Fire/Fire injury

nrogers_1030's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Transphobia, Gore, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Deadnaming

Minor: Cursing, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

hannahhicken's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Death, and Murder

lost_luna's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Transphobia, Gore, and Murder

atamano's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Violence, Transphobia, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury