Reviews tagging 'War'

The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James

21 reviews

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Classism, Murder, Rape, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

sonygaystation's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

You know what! Maddy Clare did nothing wrong

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual content, Violence, War, Cursing, and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement, Grief, Alcohol, Gun violence, Medical content, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Stalking

kat_rowlen's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

Spooky and atmospheric thriller. The story is definitely engaging but there were a few things that didn’t add up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Rape

theimposter's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Great ghost story and great mystery! Crime, trauma, war flash backs, romance, ghosts! This book has it all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gun violence, Stalking, War, Rape, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, and Mental illness

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Death of parent

namielle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was a mostly enjoyable read, though I do wish it was a little spookier.

Sarah Piper is hired by Alistair Gellis to come along with him to investigate a spirit haunting a barn that supposedly hates men. They are joined by Alistair’s partner, the gruff Matthew Ryder. The trio must unravel the ghost’s secrets before one of them is lost forever.

I quite liked Sarah as a protagonist, and I felt like she was pretty relatable, apart from buying into the whole ghost thing really quickly. Alistair and Matthew were both charming in their own ways as well.

The plot was very fast paced, almost too fast. The haunting wasn’t all that scary, and I think this could’ve been fixed if there had been more time for buildup. The culprits of a certain event were pretty predictable, and I was able to figure out who was responsible for it before Sarah, but luckily she didn’t spent an obnoxious amount of time in the dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Rape

bee87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Pedophilia, Suicide, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Rape

_readrateandrepeat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Suicide, and War

sewcari's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and War

_bookishbrina's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Rating: 3,75 (the romance was a bit too sappy for my taste)

book genre: paranormal, suspens, ghost story
pace: medium-fast
storyline: ★★★★✩
characters: ★★★✩✩
character development: ★★★✩✩
writing: ★★★★✩
diversity: ★★★✩✩
attention to detail: ★★★★✩
ending: ★★★★✩ (I found it satisfying!)
originality: ★★★★✩
is there smut? yes
if yes, quality of the smut: meh, kind of classic, emotional and boring

I really good read for October let's say! Just spooky enough, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War