Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

121 reviews

othersociologist's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

heytherekaity's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

if you want a book about the difference between wants and needs, about what's right and what's wrong and all the things that fall somewhere in between (and all the things that definitely do NOT fall in between), about home and family and legacy; and you want it all framed in fairy tales, folklore, and mythology, crafted by a master storyteller- then I have some fantastic news.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, Slavery, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

kryfrh's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest and Slavery

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Racism, and Slavery

sarahbiegelsen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Incest, Slavery, and Police brutality

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

acogna's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.75

Night in the Woods meets Shirley Jackson, and boy, you can feel the tonal dissonance of the book trying to balance both at the same time.

One thing I did really like are the two main characters. Can't believe I'm giving a novel a point in its favour for actually having the romance hinge on chemistry and character, instead of trying to manipulate-write me into caring about their love based on silly banter. Both Opal and Arthur have excellent personalities (Arthur especially, very irascible wet rat loser) and they clash and meld well.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest

cyberhavok's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Incest, and Grief

stijlwaters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Beautifully and emotionally written, although sometimes it felt like she got a little caught up in waxing poetic. I love the premise and the characters, and the writing creates such a sense of place!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Incest, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

antimony's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

SOOO GOOD
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- creepy house intertwined w a fairy tale story
- sullen grouchy characters
- setting that feels so real like it has sunk into the bones of the story (this couldn't happen in any other place)
- did i mention the illustrations.....i wish there were a thousand of them. one on every page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest