Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

19 reviews

llewellareads's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Self harm, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

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 with how much I enjoyed this book? It’s fairytale like but freaky. 😆 

It is a retelling from the Brothers’ Grimm Twelve Dancing Princesses, but with many of its own unique details. This story ticked so 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: Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

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

savanah's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Torture, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide and Vomit

alexandriatp's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

chloenrogers's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

Gothic horrors crusted in sea salt. Like a scary Little Women set against the dark ocean. Rich, evocative language kept me enthralled through every mysterious twist and lingering kiss. I even lost some sleep, unable to shake the ghostly visions from my mind. While the main character feels somewhat flat and inactive, the story is tumultuous enough to keep things engaging. I shed genuine tears throughout so many points of this mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Child death, Self harm, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Animal death

komaedacoffee'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

2.25

Pregnancy, dance partys, lot of death, no thank you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy and Child death

Minor: Death of parent, Infertility, Animal death, Mental illness, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

capucapulet's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Gaslighting

chichalexisse's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

YAYYY! My first horror wohooOoOoo. My favorite part is all the kilig scenes and the last few chapters because it's so fast-paced, and Morella got threatened, suffered and died. I questioned everything, and at one point I said to france that I don't know anything at all. 

I think it will be read mostly for the plot because I didn't get attached to the characters as much as I would like to. But I still liked Annaleigh and ofc Cassius, my half-god love. 

My sweet Verity, I just wanna hug you. You didn't deserve every single one of those bad experiences. 

Hi, fisher rip. 

My favorite name out of all of them is Ligeia. (Fisher makes sense but…. huh? Hannah? why?)

Thanks so much for the rec france my sweet little book recommendator

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Pregnancy, and Body horror

mysterymom40's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Sexual harassment, Grief, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Misogyny

character talks about using sex to get a wish fulfilled; very gory birth scene; scary dreams; scenes with characters in distorted body forms