Reviews tagging 'Murder'

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

105 reviews

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

The idea was great, execution not as much. I didn't feel connected to any of the characters. I wish we knew more about the world this takes place in. 
And the overall story is very slow and boring. 
This might have been better as a short-story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Abandonment, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Gore

bcvogel90's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Chronic illness, Classism, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Drug use

bewareofmittens's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Body horror, Chronic illness, Self harm, Gore, Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, and Murder

btorsi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

i genuinely can't say if this book was amazing or terrible. maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea (or blood) but my toes were curling the whole time. the romance wasn't what i wanted and there was a good chunk of the book where marion was completely insufferable. i couldn't tell if i was supposed to love lisavet or hate her, or if that was the point? so maybe it went over my head but eh. not my thing. that said, the world building was real cool! but that's all i really liked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

hehkhatea's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

You mean to tell me in a noble house run by Vampire Butch Lesbian Supreme where blood drinking is an everyday occurrence that there was not one single instance of menstrual blood being drunk/eaten? WACK.

Really liked this book overall. Wasn’t sure what I was getting into but once I realized Lisavet was based on Elizabeth Bathory the jig was up. I think if you were unfamiliar with her or other classic literature naming conventions the twists might be more shocking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Classism, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Medical content

antiheroblake's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i really liked this book like the vibes? phenomenal but it could’ve been 100 pages longer and that would’ve helped some of the pacing issues with character development/relationships

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Incest

lionfish_22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

cici1722's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I read the summary & immediately thought “lesbian vampires”. I was ready for this !

There was a lot of promise here unfortunately it didn’t pack the punch I desired. The scene was eerie & dark. The tone was lusty & raging but I didn’t feel the urgency. The ending picked up in pace & but it felt rushed. The entire time I was like there’s so much happening but nothing is going.

7/10 -I’d recommend it solely because of the black queer representation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, and Gore

mossmogs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Vampires, but actually and definitely not. Sapphic fantasy, y’all. Never disappoints. 
(this is actually a bit more not-so-supernatural, but still hella mystical)

I loved the pacing, the descriptions, ESPECIALLY OF THE FOOOOD, the characters (yes even the shit ones) and it’s mainly just bc the author is a wonderful story teller and her writing is so easy to follow and become swept up in. This was much different than I thought it was going to be and I mean that in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Classism

bookwormdystopian2's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Gore