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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

21 reviews

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

1.0

This book has a beautiful cover and an interesting premise, but the way it's written is just. Bad. Everything is over-described but using the same few words (I hope you like the word fetid if you're going to read this), plot points happen over and over (Iris and Vivi break into a place belonging to Grey and find a secret of hers three times!), and the plot is predictable. The characters are flat and uninteresting: the sisters are described in the most boring way possible, breathless at their brittle, skinny, fragile whiteness, and the other major character reads like a parody of a British person. There's this weird sexual undertone to the girls’ powers that I couldn't stand. 

There's also a really stupid scene involving a character shooting a man with a shotgun while he's holding two women and somehow both women are unharmed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Vomit, Body horror, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

khesi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Physical abuse, Violence, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Bullying

cassv933's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I’ve seen this book around a lot for a while but I never really got interested enough to buy it. Until now obviously. This book was an amazing read. I love the unique names and at the end when we find out…. A twist.

omg I LOVE how in the end the sisters were not actually Iris, Grey and Vivi. I love the concept of them using their skin and pretending to be them, however this then makes their “papas” death even sadder cause he was right all along.

. Tyler for me was by far one of the best characters in the book, he made it so much funnier and was such a loveable  character.

TYLER DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER WTF. GABE KILLED HIM AND USED HIS SKIN FOR LIKE 5 MINUTES. HIS DEATH WAS SO POINTLESS. And omg when he found Rosie and started crying and wanted to bring her back- I ALMOST started crying, almost. The emotions felt so real and urgh.

. Some parts of the book I got a bit confused by and because of one thing that happened to one character I had to sadly put my score down but I loved all the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit

jillkaarlela's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

1.0

Please spare yourself. This is disturbing and not interesting. There was a big plot twist but it was so disturbing and creepy I could hardly stomach it. Also, so many content/trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Suicide, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Like 18+ at least

aliclare's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence

pilarr's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

Muchos sentimientos encontrados con este. Hasta la mitad iban a ser 2.5⭐, pero después pasaron muchas cosas y ahora no sé.
Me costó mucho ver a los personajes como personas reales. Todos, pero particularmente las tres hermanas, parecían una suerte de caricatura basada en distintas versiones de t/n. Los diálogos eran muy, muy poco genuinos y bastante forzados. Sobretodo esas líneas que se suponían eran graciosas y para aligerar el ambiente, pero quedaban como diálogos rídiculos de una película mal financiada y con actores mediocres.
Dicho esto, es el primer libro de horror que me hizo dar asco y miedo. No me puedo acordar la última vez que un libro me asustó, y aunque lo sobrenatural no es lo mío, le doy crédito por eso.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

li_reading's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicide

thetealdeal's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Stalking and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism

anaaafortinn's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

It is definitely not my usual read. Check the trigger warning (I didn’t !!). But I liked it. The end got me hooked. I am left without word, it was so dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Suicide, Gore, Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Grief, and Medical content

islabuchanan's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

This book was unlike anything I've ever read before and was really quite creepy! I enjoye DIY and thought it was very creative and different!
The cover was BEAUTFUL and I would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit