Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Road of Bones by Christopher Golden

4 reviews

rojo25's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Death

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book blew me away…This is a masterclass in writing that imbeds dread into your bones and causes horror so profound that you can’t do anything but silently scream. Chilling. I could write a whole dissertation on how awed I am by this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Car accident, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Self harm, and Pedophilia

Animalistic body horror, freezing to death, heart attack, frostbite, desolate location

sambo_0103's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

bookeduntil's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Kidnapping and Child death

Minor: Car accident and Vomit