Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

8 reviews

tree_star's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Abortion, Body horror, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

llams's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Abortion, Death, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Body horror, Child abuse, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Dementia

corkykat's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Dementia, Pedophilia, and Racism

kirchnerkd's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content, Racism, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault, Classism, Dementia, Pregnancy, Racism, and Death

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The technical writing was really beautiful and great overall. However, the story itself was majorly lacking. I will say, this is definitely not a book for me since I cannot stand unlikeable characters, but there wasn’t a single thing to grab onto to enjoy the story. 

The concept was intriguing but the shitty characters, bad sex, stupid decisions, and rushed ending take away from every good aspect. It felt like, between the last major event the  and the final 3 chapters, there was a HUGE missing chapter. I needed something to bridge that gap bc I genuinely do not think it was properly finished and I could not tell you *at all* how this story actually ended or what happened? Maybe if I were to physically read the book (I listened to the audio) it would have made more sense but I highly doubt it. It was just really lackluster :/

Also wtf was going on with the grandmother and her absolute NEED for the MC to see/talk with her aborted fetus??? I cannot tell if this is supposed to be pro-life or not and I have no idea why ANY aspect of that storyline needed to be included? Unless I missed something huge but????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Classism, Medical content, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Rape, Trafficking, Violence, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Pregnancy, Addiction, and Abortion

jakobmarleymommy's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Rape, Abortion, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dementia, Drug abuse, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

jade_0222's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The writing style of this novel is poetic, I was arrested by the rhythm and movement of the narrative, it's not something I've come across before. The author truly has a lyrical way of telling a story. The modernity of it, mingled with magical realism is an added plus. My only issue with the book, is that it feels like there were still loose ends of the story to tie up. When I finished the book, there were still questions I had regarding the main characters actions after "dealing with her demons" so to speak. It all seemed to dive in a sprint to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Death, Dementia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Drug use

bex_inada's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Incest, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Dementia, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment