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NOS4A2: Nosferatu by Joe Hill

48 reviews

shaylross's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

isabel_roy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was good, but a little too long that I felt some parts dragged. I thought the concept was interesting, but I do personally wish that it was as supernatural as it was. This didn’t really creep me out and there was only like two or three kind of gross moments ( mostly relating to Bing). A lot of the characters were actually really funny. I also didn’t really love the ending to be honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

I was too stressed and looked up what happened which made me angry 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

weirdow's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-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

4.25

Hill has a way of making fantastical settings and happenings seem realistic. Definitely some terrible stuff, a lot of graphic sexual violence (mostly "off page"). Good characters and well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

fireweed15's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

 Christmas is my favorite time of the year, and I'm slowly learning to love horror reading, so the combination that is reading NOS4A2 was probably the natural result of that pairing. I loved this! The characters of this story are phenomenal. Hill does a wonderful job crawling around in the characters' heads and giving them depth. Vic is a fascinating, flawed protagonist, and Manx is a charming, terrifying villain. Even the secondary antagonist, Bing Partridge, was interesting, almost childlike, which made his role as "the Gasmask Man" and his horrific acts of service to Manx all the more unsettling. The plot itself builds on a low-medium pace, but when it picks up, it quickly becomes one hell of a page turner.

This book is not for the faint of heart with regards to the triggers (big ones for kidnapping, violence / murder and one animal death halfway through the book; references to rape / sexual assault and child abuse), but it's definitely worth a read, especially if you find a good creepy Christmas music playlist for ambience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

elizabethjoyy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Incredible read. It’s 2AM and I feel nauseous. Once you get into it, it’s hard to get out. The end could have been expanded a little bit, but also it’s 2AM and I am unable to comprehend much. Incredible read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Blood

lbracs's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

If you asked me what I thought of this book or what rating it would receive for the first 60%, I probs would have given it 2 stars - not because it’s bad, just because I wasn’t into it. But once the plot got real good about 2/3 in I definitely got more invested and more ravenously read the back half. It was a pretty disturbing and graphic book in parts, definitely didn’t pull punches and sometimes it felt gratuitous, but I don’t know. Won’t be a repeat read, but I’m ok that I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

aposthuma's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is SO GOOD. It has everything: romance, coming of age, fantasy elements, and a whole lot of pure horror. It starts strong and the pace just doesn't let up, culminating in a wonderfully satisfying ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

booksanddopamine's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.75

This book is much longer than it needs to be. And there's A LOT more stereotyping than there needs to be.

The fatphobia. Wtf. The fat shaming was over the top and gross. 

Also, I am not sure why many horror authors (namely cis het men) feel the need to include a heavy dose of sexual violence towards women, and graphically so. 

The book overall wasn't necessarily scary, but it did make me feel uncomfortable and gross.

Other things I hated:

Killing off the only queer characters. Graphic description of the dog's death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence