Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

129 reviews

ciarrareads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

 This was, absolutely, insanely, wild.

What a ride. I have no idea how to describe this book. A lot of the times when people say "go in knowing nothing," I brush that off because I always at least read the back cover/description. But honestly, nothing will prepare you for this.

It's creepy, it's surprising, it's.... I don't want to say confusing?! Is confounding the right word?!

You're not going to know what's happening for like 75% of this book, but the ride is so much fun.

Absolutely read this. And I will be reading more of Catriona Ward very soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

oonareads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

anwolf213's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Grief

slpysnek's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking and Animal death

fencernick's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

magnoliabloomfield's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I can’t remember what show or movie it was, but i clearly remember two people arguing about whether a lie could be a twist- ah thank you Google, it’s from Bobs Burgers Hamburger Dinner Theater episode. Anyway. It feels like we don’t get a twist so much as a lie when we read the book after reading the blurb. Is it interesting? Sure. Is it the nerve wracking thriller Stephen King said it was? No. Was he high? Doesn’t he do horror, it’s like his whole thing? Geez. 

Half the characters you’re promised in the blurb aren’t actually physically present in the story.

The plot twist is not what you’re expecting at all but not in a good way. 

The more I think back on it, the less it makes sense tbh, when you get to the end think back to the whole mall trip with Lauren where he went in the little girls fitting rooms and Lauren’s feet still worked. And him being the “dad” when you find out where and when she came from. 

By the end I really really really wished I’d read a story about “Mommy” instead, whatever she was doing and the “green boys” and her home country seemed waaaaaay more interesting than this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Snakes, snake bite.

cassie7e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

So. Many. Layers!
Also now I need more suspense stories wirh the cat as a POV character!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Child death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Abandonment, and Murder

maimy_santiago99'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Well written. Not Gothic, not really horror. Psychological, upsetting, heart breaking, rage inducing. Includes physical and psychological harm to children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Child death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

kcelena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, and Mental illness