Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates

12 reviews

bridget_magpie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I read the book in 3 days, it was so much fun I didn’t want to put it down. Yes, the story might not be original - nobody has ever written anything like this type, but does that even a thing anymore? I really enjoyed the story, the ambiance was perfectly executed, the characters were fun and funny. It almost made me feel like watching a movie. If you are into horror, small town mysteries, but you want an easy to read book, this is the one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, Grief, Child death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Body horror, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

merryish's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Grief, and Gore

Half serial-killer mystery, half supernatural creature-feature. Fun, dark read; good characters.

kvtherine's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Blood

queenbookbuff's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Very dark. Preceed with caution

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Torture, Body horror, Murder, Death of parent, Blood, and Cannibalism

princess_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Grief

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Kidnapping

haleybre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Death of parent, and Violence

dev921's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Medical trauma, Confinement, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

megandherbook's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

Darcy Coates is the queen of horror in my eyes. This is her first YA and I was so pleased that it was just as scary as many of her other books though it felt completely different than many of her books. 

Abby Ward lives in a strange town where people randomly go missing regularly. Because of this the town doesn’t stray out after dark and Abby, her sister, Hope, and her group of friends have strict rules that they follow. The group of friends are dedicated to getting out of the town and learning as much about the mysterious villain they call the Stitcher (as the victims will reappear stitched together wrong with red thread) so they don’t become his (its?) next victim. But when Hope goes missing Abby is desperate to do everything she can to get her back and not have her be the Stitcher's next victim. With the help of her friends and a newcomer to the town she goes after her sister and uncovers just who (or what) the Stitcher is. 

While this is such a dark and sad story in a dark and sad town I couldn’t help but love the characters. The group of friends all have unique qualities and personalities and their relationships with each other are heart warming. The townspeople are well written and the villains are absolutely creepy. My favorite part is trying to piece together if this is supernatural or just the work of a serial killer. Without giving anything away I can say there are some downright terrifying scenes. Between the group digging into the town’s history to the action packed scenes I was entertained throughout the whole thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

snaggy95's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

5.0

Darcy Coates is amazing. Everything about this story made me feel uncomfortable & unsettled in the best way. I couldn’t stop reading & had to force myself to slow down because I was trying to read as fast as I could. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Gore