Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Head Like a Hole by Andrew Van Wey

4 reviews

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Some of the scares in this had real promise but overall this book annoyed me. The podcast setup felt pointless (half the chapters could not have been told by the character as they're presented to us or Anwar's reactions make no sense) and the "twist" partway through was ridiculous. Very few of the characters were really interesting enough to make the things that happened to them land. In the end a lot of this book was boring and the rest made me angry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Racism, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Xenophobia, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Cancer, Child death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Drug use, and Gun violence

haleybre's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Gore, Body horror, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Cannibalism, Child death, and Cancer

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gun violence, Stalking, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Gore, Mental illness, Cursing, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Violence

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Unexpectedly brutal! I loved the body horror and all the crazy violence. It didn't go over the top, it was just right. Really had fun with this one and found it to be really unique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, and Stalking