Reviews tagging 'Grief'

House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig

17 reviews

espurrr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book has ruined me. Alex is one of the sweetest, most endearing characters. He is so thoughtful and intelligent. Verity deserves everything good. The flirting through flower language is adorable. The plot hits so many gothic high points. The atmosphere is perfect and really adds to the tension. And that ending. I'm certainly going to be thinking about this book for a while too come. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

starlesscircus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Grief

hellavaral's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder

tspice24's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

winterhartarts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

readsavvy's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

I’m torn on this one - it’s incredibly atmospheric, immersive, gripping, a unnerving gothic fairytale turned horror and the plot twists were well executed. But there’s so many trigger warnings, I can’t call this a light read or easily recommend it without warning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Classism

ash_bees's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sunshine_kait's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infertility and Sexual content