Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

15 reviews

meganpbell's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a downright disturbing and deliciously atmospheric work of folkhorror, from hoarder’s house to haunted woods, narrated with unexpected humor by a woman who just wants to keep her dumb dog safe. What I didn’t know until the very end is that this book is inspired by a 1904 classic horror short story by Arthur Machen, and while you can definitely enjoy this book without knowing the story, I felt like I was missing something once I knew!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Child death, Infertility, Racism, Death of parent, and Dementia

traa's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

ilaxaria's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia, Death, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

readwithbells's review against another edition

4.0

 Then I made faces like the faces on the rocks, and I twisted myself around like the twisted ones, and I lay down flat on the ground like the dead ones.

That made my skin crawl. Folk horror (and turns out a pulp horror retelling, thanks authors note) done absolutely right. Sometimes the humour felt a little too much and there was a point between 60-80% where so many reveals were happening the storyline got totally convoluted for me. I took a six hour break and finished the book this afternoon and I’m so glad I did because that climax was fantastic. I haven’t had a horror book make me physically shudder in a long time and this was exactly what I was looking for: something spooky and horror-feeling where I’ll still be able to sleep at night. Potentially a bit long and certainly a bit repetitive, the atmosphere wasn’t great but the body horror was; I liked it. Never gonna look at rocks the same though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate:

forced pregnancy

shadowspinner's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Racism, and Emotional abuse

elly29's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Satisfyingly creepy and well-plotted. It's about a woman who cares for her dog, and wants to help folks when they ask for help. I loved Foxey, and that it was a woman and an older woman who get to have the adventure. And this novel. Is. Out. There.

A but slow at the beginning, and bit fast at the end. Creepy all the way through. Seriously: Cotgrave and everything surrounding his death is sooo twisted.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Animal death

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Dementia

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Racism

thekeytotheend's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racism, and Torture

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Child death

horizonous's review against another edition

After two chapters it became clear that this just wouldn't work for me. It's way too conversational and casual and I can't stand it when an animal is a character of its own but doesn't talk but instead I have to read passages like:

„Hwuaaaafffforrrroooo!“ he said, or words to that effect. […] „Wuuuaaaaoorrroo-rooo!“

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Death

Minor: Death of parent

◦ Death = Grandparent
◦ Mental illness = Hoarding