Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Devil House: A Novel by John Darnielle

18 reviews

cviii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

juliana18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content

geraeusch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This novel reads more like a textbook than anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Physical abuse

This novel delves into the subjects of poverty and there is a murder that involves chopping up an entire body into small pieces after committing murder in self defence.

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Torture, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

columbo's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

mmccombs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

I might have to come back to this rating and review because honestly I don’t know how to! This was not what I expected but that’s not a bad thing, I think it’s just a story I will have to turn around in my mind a few more times before I have clear thoughts. The format was so interesting, I could tell that Darnielle was enjoying himself which makes for a fun read! I was maybe a little confused about the old English and the knight stories in there, but it made for compelling through lines about storytelling and “truth” and place as it relates to history. I really liked this one but am also still trying to figure it out I think??

“What happens when somebody tells a story that has real people in it? What happens to the story; what happens to the teller; what happens to the people?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence

middumullu's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Very slow read, was close to not finishing it a couple of times, and it took me a while to get used to the different passages and stories alternating throughout the book. Less of a horror story than a look at writing about true crime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Child death and Rape

Graphic descriptions of murder in the second section of the book.