Reviews tagging 'Grief'

It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplan

3 reviews

aparker89's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book. This book is going to stay with me. A haunted house in an honorable homage to Haunting of Hill House, this story delves deep into our greatest innate fears while leaving most of the ghosts in shadows. A true ghost story that leaves you wanting for nothing. The last 100 pages (of a relatively short book) are a race to find out if our admirable narrator will prevent the horrors of the future from happening! The ending will tear out your heart out! Goddamm! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, and Bullying

mandi_lea's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Slavery, and Suicide

ktrecs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Vomit