Reviews tagging 'Violence'

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

136 reviews

mlkao94697's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sapphic_shroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Car accident

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

raebeiss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

where do i even begin. a book that took me 6 months to read and is also amazing. please go read this one?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Misogyny

galaxy_cat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I was planning on writing a whole essay about all the messages, about the confusion and dread this piece of work causes to anyone who is capable of actually finishing it. About its ability to infiltrate your brain and leave a permanent mark, just like JT describes in the introduction.

But then I realised that maybe it's just a house of leaves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and War

comradestylin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

One of the best scary books I've ever read. Tactile in a way I've never seen done before, this book feels bigger on the inside. A dense, multi-perspective thrilling story that never feels predictable. It transcends most conventional labels. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

storm_37's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

House.

5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

bokslukaren's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

You know what they say; one man's unpublished essay is another's hookup journal and spiral into insanity! 

Get your notepad (physical or digital) ready, and while you're at it you might as well grab a mirror, because this book requires you to twist and turn with careful and thorough attentiveness to have a chance at being deciphered and comprehended! House of Leaves is an analytical and detailed essay (including footnotes) about a documentary, as well as reactions to said essay. With foreshadowing, insanity, mental illness and riddles hounding every corner of every page and swirling around in the reader's head, notes offer a necessary stability. This book is intensely unsettling and somehow still managed to keep my attention despite the 700 hundred page essay-style confusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault