Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

109 reviews

tiredcreature's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Racism, Dementia, and Cannibalism

fallenquills's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.75

another hit by T. Kingfisher; i really enjoyed the themes and her writing as always. i definitely thought that it could have done the twist differently and felt the ending crash into me like a car, but there was a lot about it i enjoyed as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

kaana's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming and Emotional abuse

cardaisy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I saw some other reviews describing this as "cozy horror" and that's exactly what it is 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Dementia, and Grief

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aseel_reads's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This was soooo creepy and 110% a horror book, all the bug stuff!! Eek!! Obsessed with how such a complete novel was started and ended in such a short amount of time, this author is slowly becoming a fave (I also love the new covers that have come out) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

juan_adhd_reading's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If I discovered anything about myself this year is that I'm a sucker for hunted house stories. I adore T. Kingfisher! This book was so creepy and wonderful. As with "What moves the dead" and fungi, in this story, I learned a lot about bugs and roses, and now I also have the irrational fear that my grandmother will hunt us after death to nag us about our eating habits and the gnarly states of our rooms, lol. Anyway, if you loved Alex Easton you will also love Sam Montgomery! Kingfisher has a knack for writing the straight-headed sarcastic character that is suddenly hurled into a magical, haunted, terribly impossible scenario. It was an amazing book, highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

misanthropicvoid's review

dark funny mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia

charlieeee's review against another edition

dark funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emmalaya's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

taideeznuts's review

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Racism

Minor: Dementia