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Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

22 reviews

krogalik's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, Bullying, Medical trauma, and Violence

diamond12wolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

A read that was out of my comfort zone, but very much enjoyed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

redphonebooth3's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Started off a little awkward and cringe but once the plot kept going it really didn't stop though, which had it's its perks and downfalls. Exposition took upnquite some time at the start which was very much needed as the plot that followed was very dense and didn't always have enough breaks to process and have a moment of rest. Though knowing there is a sequel I also understand why everything was so densely packed. There were a lot of different ideas and plotlines and clues stated up that will likely come back in the second book. It does provide some perspective. I think without knowing this was part of a series I would have found it too much and too overwhelming. 
All in all not bad at all though, good for the spooky season, very diverse as well since the MC is disabled and gay with his love interest and antagonist being trans and gay and some queer and disabled b characters mixed in as well. 
There were quite some characters introduced in this book of which I hope we get to see more in future book(s). I feel like their role was too big to be just a background character but too small to just leave out. It would be a pity so I'm curious to see about that. 
A fun spooky read that does feel like a debut if I had sto summarise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

shadowspinner's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Torture

Minor: Bullying and Child death

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

A delightfully spooky, humorous and marvellously plot twisty romp that hooked with the promise of ghost-filled antics, that I’m happy to report did NOT disappoint! 

I’ve yet to visit York (the setting for Sixteen Souls) myself but Rosie Talbot’s beautifully atmospheric world-building and wonderfully descriptive prose really brought the city and all of its rich, uniquely haunted history to life. 

I also loved the dialogue, and the use of British colloquialisms, which made all of the characters’ interactions feel waay more realistic —it was almost as if Talbot had eavesdropped on actual ghostly conversations, making for an incredibly immersive and entertaining reading experience.

Our loveably endearing cast of characters helped with that too. Aside from the obvious villains and a few of the Mouldy Oldies (old spirits who essentially govern the city’s ghost residents) , I pretty much loved them all. Particularly Charlie (our reluctant, ghost seeing MC) and his spectral, ride or die besties Ollie and Heather— as well as the highly amusing George Villiers, who won me over with his rather amusing antics. I also liked fellow seer Sam whose adorably sweet romance with Charlie gave me supernatural Heartstopper vibes that I’m excited to see more of.

If you’re looking for something spooky to read this autumn, but also love heartwarming found family vibes, LGBTQIA and disability rep —then I thoroughly recommend checking this out. Just make sure to check the TWs beforehand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Minor: Homophobia, Ableism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Transphobia

owls_rainbow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Death

kaz_brekker1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Child death, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence

kimduindam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I loved this book! I kinda hope (and think) there will be more cause I have so many questions! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

mxajlikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Body horror

Minor: Cancer

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Wow. Just wow. It’s not quite my usual read but nonetheless I loved reading it. It’s like Lockwood and co. meets Heartstopper. I love how different identities and people are represented. It was quite the roller coaster and I saw none of it coming. I thought I had it all figured out but boy let me tell you I didn’t. I really recommend it. So much love to this book and to Rosie for writing it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Body horror, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Death, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Ableism, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Homophobia, and Torture