Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Geisterwand

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Geisterwand by Sarah Moss

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icantsing's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was not at all what I was expecting when I picked it up but I don't regret it at all.

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savvy999's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I have never wanted to kill someone’s dad so bad.
Startling and urgent. The horror of this book is streamlined and atmospheric, a unity of effect that imposes and creeps inside the reader. Quiet and devastating, this richly described story needles and pricks, just a little bit of bloodletting, bit by bit until you cannot help but pale in the face of the ending.

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aubreystrawberry's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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fernwormreads's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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motherofbears's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

4.5

Really loved this quick thriller. It was unsettling the whole way, our narrator doesn’t always share the whole story.

Definitely check the trigger warnings on this one, not gory at all but still disturbing.

Really liked the style of the text formatting, but it does take some getting used to.

Overall, could not stop thinking about it, read it every chance I could.

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applesodaperson's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

For real, screw her dad.

Read from the Provo library.

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maecaitlin's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

Fun concept about the dangers of “living history”. However, character development with Sylvie a bit flat with hints of queerness. Moss focuses solely on the fear driving the character, but I think this can limit a lot.

Wider themes of what is the “real” Britain are very well done. Slyvie’s father is essentially a Brexiteer who is obsessed with bringing it back to the old days to the extent of putting his daughter and wife at risk.

Writing is like poetry. No speech differentiations can make it feel occasionally difficult to read, yet the intended effect is to show Slyvie’s monotonous terror albeit this is betrayed by how much Moss packs in such a small word count.

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