Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

The September House by Carissa Orlando

57 reviews

heartofhorrors's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

disguisedposer's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Suicide

jackierobinson's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

ivy123's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Mental illness, Dementia, and Death of parent

mccalab's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, and Dementia

aprescriptiontoread's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Dementia

keenanmaree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

What a roller coaster! Funny, sad, and genuinely scary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

thegayestghost's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kellyykatt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

willa_reads_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i really enjoyed this book. it’s not super scary or freaky and there is a very good twist at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Dementia, and Murder

Minor: Suicide