Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

105 reviews

flute_frog_7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book overall. The story was super intense and engaging, and it sucked me in right away. The character relationships were really deep and interesting.
The only thing I didn’t like was that the gore was a bit too much for me, to the point where I felt nauseous during the last third of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Trafficking, Vomit, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Gore, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Moderate: Cursing and Bullying

Minor: Self harm

thebookraiders's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Vomit, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Stalking, Self harm, Gun violence, and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Cursing

avaweyrich's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicide, Rape, and Alcohol

angelica98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I didn't like the end. It felt like an odd colour patch sewn on a new dress. I could have understood (not forgiven) her choice if she planned to publish a second book, but in my opinion the book worth plummeted because of it.

Tyler's death was the most emotional moment of the book, his choice of not being seen by Grey something complex that left a bad aftertaste in my mouth (I'm all for good endings) but understandable and even admirable. Not nice, but a good choice. The epilogue felt like the publisher compelled the author to write a "happy ending" for Tyler too, or something like that. Why would Iris chose to go back to him after he refused the first time? Why would he refuse to go back with the love of his life but would do so with Iris? I could have understood so if framed as giving him a second chance, but it felt like Iris lost all her character development in a moment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Child death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

luckylulureads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

book_ish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Minor: Alcoholism

wannaseeafrog's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

This book was hauntingly beautiful in a way that made me want to read it again when I finished it to look for anything I had missed. I was very impressed with the vocabulary of the author and her ability to describe characters and setting as if we were stepping into the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Vomit, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Alcoholism

giulianalb99's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Rape, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing and Schizophrenia/Psychosis