Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The September House by Carissa Orlando

158 reviews

taelorfiller's review

dark emotional funny 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit

michellefre's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rubberrosebooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ceruleanseas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

While I found the plot extremely predictable, I enjoyed the book quite a bit. It's well-written and although the twists are mostly the common horror tropes, it wasn't boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality

meganm1587's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Vomit

lovetogetlit's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Mental illness

czoltak's review

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

5.0

My heebies are officially jeebied 😱 
I guess I won’t be sleeping tonight 🫣
THAT ENDING!?! I’m just sitting here with my jaw hanging open trying to form some coherent thoughts. This was amazing!!! Every time I thought I knew where it was going everything went off the rails instead. This has got to be the most intense ending to a book I’ve ever read. This is up there for sure as one of the best haunted house books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide and Cannibalism

yarisbooksandbevs's review

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. It definitely hooked me in. Idk if it was intentional but there were lots of funny bits sprinkled throughout with Margaret’s sarcasm and exhaustion at everything happening. I also wasn’t expecting all of the deeper emotional moments with

Hal’s abuse

. I thought I saw where this was going but it wasn’t what i expected! One thing I loved is the POV

Margaret is an unreliable narrator. We are constantly told that she lies so it makes me question all of the events especially at the end. Did any of that happen? I’m still thinking about it lol

I want to reread it and see if I pick up any symbolism and hints

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia

rochelleisreading's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Forced institutionalization

kirsty_irwin's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Gory and wholesome all at once. This book gives Beetlejuice and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children vibes, while also being a fast-paced thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Minor: Alcoholism