Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

105 reviews

_teoeo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

Minor: Incest and Slavery

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Incest, Sexual content, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Outing

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

madscientistcat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Grief

Minor: Incest and Slavery

cloudycity_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicide

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A brilliant modern edition to the genre of Southern gothic, Starling House is perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab’s Gallant.  ***RTC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

miraclesnow's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This holds a piece of my heart, and reminds me of my roots being my choice. I cannot thank it enough for being in my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit