Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

185 reviews

whatthegayle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

“Think of us what you will, she thought, we made mistakes, and probably scarred our children for life, and we froze sandwiches, and forgot carpool, and got divorced. But when the time came, we went the distance.

This book took me longer to read than I thought it would. I had to take a lot of breaks between reading, but it was well worth it in the end.

The woman characters were wonderful and I loved how they were all middle aged. The men absolutely sucked, and I hated all their husbands.

Overall, it was an enjoyable read about southern woman killing a vampire! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Animal death

the dog dies but it’s peacefully at the end of the book

leahkarge's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Classism, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Racism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Blood

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship

mackdaddy's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Truly enjoyable. Truly disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Classism, Body horror, Racism, Excrement, Dementia, Animal cruelty, Blood, Rape, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Gore

my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Physical abuse, Classism, Child death, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Death

loongbooy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Murder

aiyam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Death, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

erseg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

taylaclark14's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Suicide

Moderate: Dementia and Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Forced institutionalization