Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

36 reviews

herlvr's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i enjoyed it for the most part. i feel like while it portrayed addiction very well it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. i feel like this is a very solid 4  - 3.5 star book.

also, fuck silas and that stupid baby.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, Blood, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

crowyhead's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Grief, Body horror, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Blood, Excrement, Car accident, Cannibalism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Genocide, Classism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Racism

pjkearns's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

There are some extremely tense and gross scenes in this book. It's a great insight into the depths people will fall when they are in the grip of addiction. It's also a great twist on the haunted house genre. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Addiction, and Suicide

jessicake1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Body horror, Grief, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Addiction, Confinement, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Vomit, Drug use, Violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Bullying, Child death, and Excrement

hoole95's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Cannibalism, Addiction, Abortion, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Cursing, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, and Death

ethan416's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was much different from what I expected. It tackles grief and addiction in such a unique way, that about halfway through the novel it changes from what you expect it to be into something totally different and I think it sticks the landing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abortion, Drug abuse, Grief, Blood, Body horror, and Drug use

triseke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Gore, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Infidelity, Infertility, and Murder

rbradley135's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Cannibalism, Gore, and Vomit

bookishchaos'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Wtf did I just read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Blood

breeann's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Grief