Reviews tagging 'Death'

Come Closer by Sara Gran

49 reviews

madarauchiha's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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I liked that it wasn't a The Exorcist rip off or mimic, how bleak it was, the use of religious myth, and how fucked up the ending was.

major body horror, child abuse, death, dog attacks, dogs, drowning, homophobia, homophobic f slur, mental illness, prisons, unsanitary

medium alcohol, bone fractures, female on male rape, incest, injuries, rape, violence

minor classism, domestic abuse, drowning, drug use smoking tobacco, addiction, infidelity, parental death, psychosis?, sexual content, vomit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Confinement, Body horror, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Alcohol, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, and Drug use

ohhthehorrors's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

samanyana's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this. Nearly a perfect book for me. Creepy and tense. It would have been five stars in not for the unnecessary f-slur in the first chapter. Also if it had been more gay tbh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia

use of the f-slur.

ohanaaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I didn't know anything about this story going into it... me oh my was I surprised.  I'd yet to read a paranormal story like this and I wasn't too disappointed! I enjoyed the story, but I DO feel like the experience could've been better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood and Addiction

bookedrightmeow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

A married architect thinks she's possessed by a demon. That's it, that's the plot.

• Highly recommended by r/HorrorLit subreddit, so I had high hopes.
• What I liked: fast paced, quick read.
• What I didn't like: didn't strike me as demonic, in fact the book read entirely to me as a psychological breakdown. Just didn't hit that creepy, supernatural tone.
• Prompted me to finally start reading The Exorcist, because darn it, I want to be spooked!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is short, but it packs a punch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

emilybold's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

This book achieves a steady balance of gorgeously grotesque surrealism along side a grounded perspective. While I wouldn't describe the book as overtly 'funny', the frankness of the main character's narration has a sort of 'Fleabag-esque' quality to it; approaching it's dark and twisted plot with humour. The writing style was throughly engaging and I found myself siding with Amanda and even at times, with her demon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

pitschi's review

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

pagesandplanets's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, and Sexual content