Reviews tagging 'Child death'

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

168 reviews

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood

meant2breading's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

“We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.” 

Where do I even start? I very much liked this book. It’s fairytale like but freaky. 😆 

House of Salt and Sorrows is a retelling from the Brothers’ Grimm Twelve Dancing Princesses, but with many of its own unique details. This story ticked many boxes for me. If you choose to read this beautiful story, you can expect the following: 

1. Gothic Vibes, including a Dark and Mysterious Atmosphere
2. Greek Mythology and Fae Magical Elements
3. A Haunting Seaside Setting
4. A Few Dashes of YA Horror
5. A Sprinkle of Romance

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lavendcr's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

“We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.”

house of salt and sorrows was such a sinister, magical journey. each chapter kept me on my toes and made me cringe n tear up from how perfectly it was written! i actually felt like i was 'reading' a scene from a horror movie it was that gOOD!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, and Gore

emboldend's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

4ineye's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This story had a lot of potential but kinda fell short with pacing and execution. Things were introduced at weird times in the story and the first 3rd was incredibly slow. I think that Erin A. Craig had lots of good ideas but didn't really know where she was going until halfway through the book. 

One of the big problems is that Annaleigh is not a very active participant in the story. Pretty much everything would have happened whether or not she was present which made it hard to engage with her.

I did enjoy this book but I think it could have been so much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage

lizzie_beth98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Infidelity, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Medical content

taytumriley's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Gore

flovvergirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

House of Salt and Sorrows was an interesting read, if a little slow paced. It was a little bit more in the horror genre than I expected and I found the ending to be honestly a little confusing. The various deaths also didn’t make me sad at all. The only one I really cared about was Verity. And the romance was extremely underdeveloped. It didn’t feel earned at all. The saving grace for me was how intrigued I was by the plot. I really wanted to know what was going on, and the horror sequences were engaging. I enjoyed the read, even if I didn’t like the characters very much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Gore

elaineh7's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

While the first half of the book was slow for me, I flew through the last 100 pages of this book. Felt a little like I was in a fever dream. I loved the 12 dancing princesses retelling part, and the twist was really good. I wish we got a bit more of the romance too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

jmk_16's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Child death