Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

77 reviews

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

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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amme's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The humor was decent throughout, relationships felt real, and Sam was a cool main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Racism

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

katsherms's review

dark funny mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

The big bad etc is very predictable BUT it's very fun! This is one of the most fun haunted house books I've ever read. Such a nice change after all the unrelentingly bleak nonsensical ones I've been reading lately 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Violence, and Death of parent

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

sai_like_sigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Blood, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

daniofthewood's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Schizophrenia/Psychosis