Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

134 reviews

cyberhavok's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Incest, and Grief

stijlwaters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beautifully and emotionally written, although sometimes it felt like she got a little caught up in waxing poetic. I love the premise and the characters, and the writing creates such a sense of place!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Incest, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

antimony's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

5.0

SOOO GOOD
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- creepy house intertwined w a fairy tale story
- sullen grouchy characters
- setting that feels so real like it has sunk into the bones of the story (this couldn't happen in any other place)
- did i mention the illustrations.....i wish there were a thousand of them. one on every page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest, Racism, and Slavery

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

sariereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Incest, Slavery, Vomit, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

sparklefarm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Partway through this book, I thought to myself, hmm, I like this but I'm not as invested as I was in Harrow's other books. Then later I found myself involuntarily yelling "No!" in my car so it turns out she got me in the end. Just leave me here, tangled in wisteria and honeysuckle and kudzu. I'm fine being haunted by this house. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

rpremo's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

3.75

It was enchanting and mystical.  Opal was frustrating throughout the whole book but Arthur and the house really held the story together and we’re very likable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Pregnancy

lauren_shilling's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible! I didn't expect to love it this much when I first picked it up, but I was almost immediately sucked into it. Opal was literally the perfect character for a story like this, and I cannot imagine any other main character for this book. Jasper was amazing as well, and I found that I really really appreciate his storyline and the sibling relationship between him and Opal. It was definitely a highlight of the book for me! Another highlight was definitely Arthur! I loved him so much, though he definitely creeped me out at first. It didn't take much for me to warm up to him, though, and then I absolutely fell in love with him. One thing I will say was that it took me a little bit to get into the romance, and when I first realized that's where it was going, I was a bit disappointed. I think my main issue was that I struggled to picture how they would function as a couple in any other circumstances. However, by the end of the book, I was rooting for them so hard! I ended up loving the romance so much, and there were some scenes that I will not forget reading. The twists were perfect and they were revealed in amazing ways, and the last chapter was everything I could have ever wanted out of this story. I loved the atmosphere too! It was so creepy and chilling and it was exactly what I was looking for when I picked up this book! I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good fantasy horror story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Vomit

jmyodafriend's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Slavery, and Vomit