Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper

7 reviews

comfymaeve's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Spoiler Review:

This books follows Olivia on a night of terror where Chapel Hill has been taken over by monsters. She’s trying to survive while looking for her best friend Sunflower, who she is in love with. Meets Christmas, who is an unlikely friend, that helps Olivia through this nightmare where they both almost die by the creatures made by her best friend, Sunflower. Finding the eldritch creature dreaming under the city and barely escaping as it consumes the town and everyone in it. 

I had mixed feeling while reading this, but I’m glad I read it till the end. It started very stiff, had a few scenes that peaked interest, slowed down, climaxed in the middle, and then ended strong and kind of open where you don’t know exactly what will happen to the characters. But a giant dreaming creature with godlike powers searching for its sister roaming the planet is pretty terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

arlingtonchamberofgay's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

slow-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

1.25

I haven't disliked a reading experience this much in a very long time. I found the writing style completely incomprehensible and messy. The plot, while it had some good ideas, was swiss cheese at best. The only scenes I truly enjoyed were the 2 flashbacks to when Sunflower was a child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

fkshg8465's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

Could not wait for this book to end. Was too far in before I wished I’d DNFd it. Interesting premise but execution was too tedious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

keen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ceraface's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Toxic friendship