Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Seed by Ania Ahlborn

75 reviews

jessnrusso's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

kmccann98's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

berrytart's review

dark emotional sad 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 did enjoy the book, it did keep me on the edge of my seat for a while. But after a while I kept, you know, waiting for something more I guess. It’s a good quick read though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Blood, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

mjadeh's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Death

xolaurendenae's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Animal death

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

The Details:
Narrated by Eric G. Dove
Unabridged

August pick for the Horror Summer Camp Book Club.

This was fantastic. It took the child possession trope and created more of a psychological and eery narration.

I thought the characters were excellent to read about and I loved how we flipped back and fourth to Jack's early life.

I kind of wished we got even more information about the dark entity, and I wasn't sure how it was going to end but it shocked me! 

Really enjoyed this one and I think it was a great final pick to close out the summer camp of horror reads 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Torture, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gaslighting, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

killmoore_'s review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Ania Ahlborn never disappoints, however, I have SO many questions and was left wanting so much more from Seed.

I read a lot of extreme horror and thrillers, and very few make me feel as uncomfortable as this one did. Maybe that's because I have children around the same age as Abby and Charlie who say creepy shit all the time, but regardless, this book spooked the heck out of me. 

An unreliable MC, scary kids, beautiful descriptions of New Orleans and its general vibe (one of my favorite places in the world) and a little bit of "hey there demon, it's me, ya boy", Seed was an engaging read with some horrific details that I won't soon forget.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Child death, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Grief, Death of parent, Mental illness, Vomit, and Death

kit_cloudkicker_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. This book does not spare the reader. I loved it. Gruesome. Infuriating. Appalling.

You will suffer in agony along with this family and do not expect happiness to return once it leaves

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

hick's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Child death, Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Dementia, Cursing, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders

stephup2thestreets's review

dark sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Murder, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury