Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

14 reviews

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Drug use, Death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Dementia, Addiction, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Confinement, Self harm, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

book_of_the_north's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Incest, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Gore, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

It just wasn't doing it for me. It might be for someone, but it's not me unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Don't read this if you have a fear of needles or blood lol

kitausu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

There were a few things about the relationships that I found difficult to believe/moved very fast, but overall I loved this so much. Perfectly spooky for the season.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Confinement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Torture, Body horror, Cannibalism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Vomit