Reviews tagging 'Death'

Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley

13 reviews

snazzy10101's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

jesus christ

i have things to say about this book but i will need to think on it first 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Dementia

_rowan_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Grief, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Animal cruelty

morgiebunney's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Grief, Child death, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

ellenigrace's review

dark mysterious

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Alcohol, Torture, Hate crime, Blood, and Confinement

theoclem7's review

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.0

This book had me gripped in the beginning but lost me at the end. I just wished there was a bit more, but overall a very good horror story that is captivating and enthralling. A solid book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Forced institutionalization

azhogg2223's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, and Child death

thepuppeteer's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Death of parent

anxiousbookclub's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty

darkefyres's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Body horror