Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

85 reviews

almaprincess66's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Na ezeket a fordulatokat nem láttam előre, az biztos.

Másoknak talán egyértelmű lett volna, de ez talán azért lehet mert még kifejezetten új vagyok a horror műfajhoz.

Nagyon élveztem, a narratíva nagyon elképzelhető volt a karakterek pedik csodásak.

Imádtam Vivit és Iris is meglepően jó és talpraesett főszereplő volt. Grey egy teljesen más kategória, de mint karakter őt is nagyon bírtam. Megérthető volt mindannyiuk motivációja.

Az csak bónuszt adott a tetszéshez hogy Vivi leszbikus és a rock bandája Budapesten is fellépett (akkor is ha ezt nem láttuk szó szerint, csak megemlítve volt)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

feyreofthestars's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Stalking, Bullying, and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, and Drug use

zonnestraal's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't read a lot off horror, but I do read fantasy, so this book was right up my alley. It wasn't to predictable, although some plottwists didn't seem that twisty to me. I borrowed this book from the library so it had the smell of old perfume and dusty pages. There was also a suspicious stain. It fitted really well with the contents of the book since a lot of smells and suspicious fluids are mentioned. I loved it. This book was a quick read, with beautifull descriptions. I didn't like the epilogue, it made it more open ended and I don't like open endings so I'll pretend it doesn't excist. On that not this is what I want to say:

Poor Tyler Yang.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, Child death, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Alcoholism

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Medical content

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Gun violence, and Body horror

bzliz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Big trigger warning for body horror.

Ten years ago, Iris and her two sisters went missing for a month. Now her eldest sister Grey is missing again and has left clues for Iris and Vivi to be able to find her- or her body- because something from their forgotten past is coming back to haunt them. 

The only reason I can’t give this five stars is because of how easily I was able to predict the two major twists. The imagery was so beautiful and disgusting that I could really feel Iris’ fascination, obsession & revulsion. My favorite character ending up being Cate. Although she is a deeply flawed, haunted woman, I came to understand her controlling tendencies and her big heart. I’m not a mother but I believe only a mother could climb a mountain of trauma and still find love on the other side. 

I spent several hours after I finished this book thinking about it and how I would rate and review it. It’s been a while since I needed to sit with something for a while to gather my thoughts, which is a point in its favor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Vomit, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Eating disorder

I’ve tagged eating disorder as a potential content warning. Although the behavior is caused by a different condition, the Hollow sisters (get it?) do engage in binge eating behaviors. Their continued description of being thin in defiance of how many calories they must consume daily could be triggering for someone struggling with their own disordered eating.

lujisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence

earofthedog's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, and Child death

ashadaxa's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Child death, Blood, and Gun violence

necroplasm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

GODDD THE DESCRIPTIONS IN THIS ARE SO GOOD. from practically square one the atmosphere is just so intoxicating, shit drew me in so strongly i read almost all of this in a single day which is something i can almost never pull off for books this long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Vomit, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Cursing