Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Crossroads by Laurel Hightower

28 reviews

bellahtrix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Grief, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Infertility

asteinke's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, Body horror, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Car accident and Infertility

shadyhabanero's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gore, Body horror, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Car accident

carriepond's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

"The first time Chris buried a part of herself by her son's roadside cross, it was an accident."

From its ominous opening line to the holy shit finale, Crossroads by Laurel Hightower is a wild ride. This short novella has plenty of tension-building and “oh, no what in the hell, is what I think is going to happen ohmygodwasishappening” moments but it also has some really meaningful meditations on grief and motherhood. This fucked with my head, but it had me desperately turning the pages until the very end. 

This is a lot, so I wouldn’t recommend this to people who don’t really read horror and, if you do read horror, still check out the content warnings on this one. But it was a good horror novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

zombie_loves_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

A great book surrounding grief, desperation, the difficulty of moving forward and the dangers of not being able to let go.

I knew it wasn't him from the get go but it still broke my heart in the end more for him. She went after what she wished to see and didn't listen to everything showing her the reality and in the end instead of helping her son the choice she made is making him suffer. It was a 4 star simply because there wasn't enough exploration into the boyfriend and why he was so chill with everything. There is supportive and there is this man. I wish there was some more I to his thought process or even if he himself was under a spell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Body horror, Suicide, Self harm, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility

vixenreader's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Both a cautionary tale and a tribute to motherhood and grief, this novella examines the dangers of sacrifice with empathy and humanity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Suicide, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Infertility, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Be aware that there are scenes of mutilation, amputation, finding a dead body, disfigurement of the body, dysfunctional familial relationships, and ghosts.

ankita1996's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death, and Child death

skogsheks's review against another edition

I’m normally ok reading all sorts of vile horror books but something about the descriptive self-harm in this one was really making me feel sick and I’m just not going to do that to myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Blood, and Grief

sargasso_c's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A piercing and essential exploration of maternal grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Self harm, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Gore, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

kennerzo's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Self harm, and Suicide