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rgraham's review
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
kkalicky94's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol
zaphod_beeblebrox's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Suicide, and Car accident
Minor: Cancer, Incest, and Rape
tristemono's review
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
adverb17's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Car accident, and Death of parent
ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Excrement
nozoh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
woweewhoa's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer and Homophobia
danielle2121's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was the most insane experience of reading a book, ever. Truly I’ve never read anything like House of Leaves in my life.
The more I keep thinking about it the more I keep slotting things into this giant puzzle of a story and the more real it feels even though I know it’s fictional. (I think…)
I’ve heard so many people say they felt a weird confusion between fiction and reality whilst reading this book and I kept thinking, surely not… there’s no way a book can do that! But it did! It delivered!
I was baffled, confused and disoriented within this mind f*** of a book, but not once did I find myself unable to follow the plot and I think that’s what I loved about this the most, I really do respect this book for what it did and how easily readable it was even when reading it… wasn’t physically easy at all.
If you’re going to read House of Leaves, go into it knowing almost nothing, I think that’s the best way. Just take every page at a time and try not to rush, bask in its strange glory and allow yourself to forget what’s rational or real.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
clowen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer and Sexual assault