Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Plague Stones by James Brogden

3 reviews

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Vomit, Xenophobia, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

nicnevin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I don't usually read horror but I do like plague stories, wonder why.

It's surprisingly paced with the horror and gore elements, dropping some here and there with most of the bloodshed at the end. The resolution seemed pretty obvious, unsure why the hell no one else tried it but I suppose the looking after our own angle that's weaved through the centuries meant it impossible.

My heart broke at a couple of places which I definitely did not expect. Interesting read over all but strongly suggest you scan through the warnings cause some of it is intense as hell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Suicide, Misogyny, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Chronic illness, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

beholderess's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship