Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Come Closer by Sara Gran

32 reviews

gknott's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

entre_fanon_y_weil's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

abbiexhope's review against another edition

dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Vomit, and Alcohol

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Vomit, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent

katiecat22's review against another edition

4.0

This is a great horror novella, and what really stands out is the writing. I’d call this literary horror. I’ve only read one demonic possession novel before, Head Full of Ghosts, and this one managed to do a lot more for me in half the amount of pages. The possession was as realistic as it could have been, and I really enjoyed the religious mythos woven into the demon’s backstory. The short scenes made each moment, especially between Amanda and her husband, that much more impactful. There are some truly horrific dream scenes in here. I do wish the ending had been a little more fleshed out, but the abbreviated nature of the ending fit the rest of the book. There were a couple descriptions in here that don’t sit quite right reading this book 20 years later, but these few word choices didn’t take me too far out of the story. I will definitely pick up her newest full length novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Violence

kaitieg97's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Homophobia

frankie_s's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Violence, Child abuse, and Vomit

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, and Child abuse

islesbiyana's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

“We could devote our lives to making sense of the odd, the inexplicable, the coincidental, but most of us don’t. And neither did I.”

Overall Rating — 3.5 stars ★★★☆☆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Addiction, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gore, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Body shaming