Reviews tagging 'Gore'

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

90 reviews

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

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

m_harbaugh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcoholism, and Blood

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

abbylawr's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Miscarriage, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

fishiecakes's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gore

latelygrace's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gore

braveprincess11's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

It’s a solid horror retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. There was a lot going on, and a lot to keep track of, but it did its job well enough. It really picked up around the halfway point with

the death of Edgar.

That was exactly what I needed to get me hooked back into the plot, and from that point forward, it was really well paced. 

I was able to guess a couple of the twists as information was revealed (though I never got anything exactly correct), and the romance seemed unnecessary, but overall a fun time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Miscarriage, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent and Vomit