Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Grip of It by Jac Jemc

7 reviews

phantomgecko's review

challenging dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

A book about a haunted house that focuses on the mental trauma of the situation and not as much as the how and the why.

Your questions will not be answered. It's not about that.

I am reminded slightly of the movie Oculus (one of my favorites) just in the way

you can't be sure if it's real or not. Is the house actually haunted? Are these people just unwell? Like...probably they're being terrorized by the supernatural, but mayyyyyybe, just maybe it's in their heads.

And I love that for this book.

While the relationship obviously has some rough bits, this book depicts a married couple that actually cares about each other, which is nice to see.

Overall though, it just didn't do it for me. It's great, well written, interesting. I don't not recommend it, and I wouldn't buy it or read it again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

smolfem's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

ash_ton's review

2.75

similar to the haunting of hill house. i'm sure a lot of inspiration was pulled from there. i want more from this book. i feel like things weren't completely answered/thought through. too many loose ends/confusing things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Addiction, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide attempt

traa's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Dementia, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Murder, Sexual violence, Vomit, Cancer, Fatphobia, Violence, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

savvylit's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

The Grip of It is literary horror at its finest. Through the perspectives of both Julie and James, Jemc builds a creeping dread that feels entirely too realistic. Like Julie & James, I found myself second-guessing the creepy occurrences. Maybe there really was a perfectly reasonable explanation for the hidden rooms in the house or the drawings on the walls? Their attempts to explain away the supernatural while simultaneously losing their minds were so terrifying. I couldn't put this book down because I became obsessed with discovering the next scary detail.

Highly recommend to fellow fans of literary horror and haunted house tropes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol and Addiction

iheartmuseums's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved the short chapters and switching between the two main characters, worked so well. Such a creepy weird horror, not explicit or gory but like you are spooked by it and it feels like someone is reading over your shoulder. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Addiction

mateoj's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.75

could not stand the writing style I'm sorry. also, you know that post that's like "why didn't the people in twin peaks just move"? yeah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, and Suicide attempt