Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

63 reviews

bdingz's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Creepy and fun at the same time—just what I so often want out of horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Infidelity and Animal death

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.25

I didn't like this one as much as some other books by the author but I loved Cara, Simon, Uncle Earl and the museum.  The other world was deeply unsettling, as it was supposed to be.

I'm not really sure why this one didn't appeal to me more.  

After all, I love the concept of well loved things coming to life to defend the people who loved them and I think the items from other worlds were absolutely fascinating.

  It was well written, as her books always are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, and Gore

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Grief, and Gun violence

alba_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

hchandler1092's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Definitely a good, creepy book I would recommend to others. It was a touch slow at the very beginning but got interesting pretty quickly. Not super flowery or excessively wordy in the prose which I personally appreciate.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Blood, and Death

Minor: Drug use

emmalouisereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.75

The middle of this book creeped me out. It’s been a while since I’ve read something and had to put it down for a bit as I was getting a bit spooked.

I liked the characters and the little town with the museum. The portals were weird and disturbing, in a not too unbelievable way.

This the third book I’ve read by Kingfisher and I think it’s safe to say they’re one of my favourite authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Minor: Gore and Violence

bookish_bry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was honestly such a great read. I wouldn't say it's prefect, but the intrigue makes up for the any imperfections. I started it late at night when I'd just finished another book planning to just read the first couple of chapters and ended up reading the first 100 pages. I finished it in less than 36 hours. There is just something about the main characters I loved and the tension was spot on for me. It wasn't particularly terrifying (for me at least, but I consume a good amount of horror), but got pretty eerie in some places.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

The monster is

an unfathomable being from another plane that likes to play with it's food, but keeps them alive. There is a description of a man whose bottom body is rotted away, but he is still alive.

At the end

taxidermy animals come to life and the main character ends up swimming in the guts of the guy mentioned above.

jiji_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

For me, this is a perfect horror book. I read this in a single 24 Hour period - 336 pages!! A record! - as I just could not put it down. Whenever I had to, it followed me. It's hilarious, terrifying, full of dread and horror and genuine laugh out loud, hysterical bits. I long for horror novels that genuinely instill fear in me, and this one nails it. NAILS IT. perfect. 10 out of 10. Utterly horrible and wonderful. Creepy, original, and not to be missed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Grief

maximauve's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Infidelity and Blood