Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Seed by Ania Ahlborn

69 reviews

idle_reader's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

This book had me hooked from the very beginning. My only wish is that I had saved this read for October. It was the perfect spooky read. 

I will say that I hated our main male character. It was never really explained why he couldn’t say anything about his past. So it was frustrating when he had moments he could speak up and didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

yalipopcultureads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Animal death, Child death, Violence, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, and Torture

eyeheartcorina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Torture, Child death, Gore, Murder, and Death

inkwithimagination's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It was good, but I was a little disappointed since I was expecting more creepy and scary stuff to happen. And the husband really irked me in this book. Like why did he let it get this far and do nothing at first? The ending isn't bad; I was hoping it would go in the other direction, but it's not, which is sad and tragic, to be honest.

Anyway, if you love horror and need a fast-paced read, I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

lessasol's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

I think it was well written/read. Reads like a film and is quite predictable but horror tends to be that way. 

Removed a point and a half because of animal death and the description of the other deaths in here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Animal death, and Child death

mrsmollyh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Animal death

creatureof_nature's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Animal death

Moderate: Car accident and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Gore

linfardts's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

nnylelocin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

A chilling book about generational trauma, with horrifying supernatural elements. Was on the edge of my seat the entire time, finishing it in two sittings because I had to know what happened next.

Artfully explored the cycle of generational trauma through a scary and gory lens. The descriptions of the demon were  visceral and terrifying, with the possessed child resulting in a bleak ending of another repetition of this dark cycle

. Absolutely recommend for lovers of supernatural horror or beginners to the genre like me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis