Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

5 reviews

maeverose's review against another edition

This was my first attempt at a thriller, I only picked it for the cover tbh. I’d suggest skipping it.

The first third was somewhat interesting, but then it derailed for me. There are too many characters and povs, some of which seemed to have been thrown in unnecessarily. I also really don’t like to read about stalkers so it got a bit triggering for me. I looked up how it ends and it wouldn’t have been worth it to keep reading.

It also really felt like it was going to have a ‘childhood trauma and mental illness makes you homicidal or a stalker’ Kind of take, as the two antagonists seemed to be the only characters in the entire book with mental illness issues (besides Hannah’s mom, who was also just a shitty person). This came out last year. We’re done with that trope. That should never have been a trope to begin with.

Thankfully I got this for free at a little free library so I didn’t waste my money.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infertility, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Child death, Ableism, Blood, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Self harm

Minor: Misogyny

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Infertility, Infidelity, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

lizzielove2016's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

1.5

This book was just BAD. The idea of what this book was going to be sounded so interesting to me, stuck due to a storm with someone maybe out to get them....yeah no the storm was maybe in about an hour of this book. Just skip it, the characters are so annoying. Maybe I liked Hannah's main character, but that was about it. 

also, the cabin owner has cameras everywhere in the house and no one is ever found them but his maid makes NO SENSE. I also don't understand how the whole DNA thing would have caused all this, just seemed like an easy way to connect all the characters. Lastly, the tree "blocking" the road was definitely moved to easily to make it so that someone could help them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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: Infertility, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Rape

odrib's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Rape, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Animal death, Child death, Infertility, and Sexual harassment