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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

11 reviews

imskylow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Dark and twisty and interesting. All of the descriptions had me glued to the pages. The death and decay vibe was just so prevalent everywhere but described with such tangible imagery. 

A WHOLE star off for that egregious kiss though. Did not need that to be in the story. We can have platonic relationships between sexes too, you know 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child death, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Bullying

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Vomit, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Stalking, Self harm, Gun violence, and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Cursing

extraterrestrialcrisis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Vomit, Child death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide, Mental illness, Stalking, Kidnapping, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Murder, Body horror, Blood, and Addiction

brotestantethic's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

charmingly written. words spread past the page like mold and rot and flowers. derivative of stranger thing’s “the upside down.” semi surprising twist? sorta? easy to devour.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

toffishay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A dark, exciting, mysterious fairytale. There are some heavy themes and things certainly get intense, but I was really pleased by the way the story comes together...even when things get dark and sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexism, Murder, Violence, Gore, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Vomit, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

There are some detailed descriptions of rot and death that some readers might be sensitive to.

kt2e56's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Okay so this is described as a dark fairytale on here, but it’s actually a bleak fairytale. One of the very few books I’ve read that doesn’t waste a single page. It genuinely holds you captive from beginning to end. Nothing feels wasteful. Nothing feels unnecessary. All of the characters are compelling. The twists and turns and reveals feel earned. I just really loved this book a lot. Krystal Sutherland has such a visceral voice as a writer, I can really feel and see and touch and smell and taste EVERYTHING she puts on the page.

Very much looking forward to reading more from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Vomit

katiedykema's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.75

I really wanted to love this book… but it was definitely not for me. I was hoping for something halfway between Small Favors and the Raven Cycle but that’s not really what this delivered. It was not all that creepy or dark like I had expected; it had its moments but overall it was just… average. I wish it hadn’t taken place in modern day because it definitely ruined the atmosphere a lot of the time. It also led to weird stuff like Vivi being a walking stereotype, Grey a fashion designer for literally no reason to the plot, and wayyy less horror. The plot was overall pretty confusing because it felt like the beginning really dragged, and then all of the sudden they were doing a bunch of random things that didn’t connect very well. It was at times difficult to pinpoint what the characters’ end goal was and the villain was poorly developed in my opinion. Honestly all of the characters were pretty unlikeable or uninteresting. The ending was pretty crazy but less impactful because of how much I really didn’t care about the characters. 
Overall decent I guess but not as atmospheric and creepy as the description advertised, and it was often kind of boring. 

Spoiler

Okay… why the hell did Gabe kill Tyler? I understand him wanting to kill the changelings but damn Tyler did nothing wrong; I thought Gabe was supposed to be this sweet character… makes no sense. Also the very ending was just weird. They find out this crazy thing about themselves and, for one thing Cate just accepts it and still wants Iris around, and they also just don’t do anything about Grey even though she is the real villain? I don’t know but I would definitely not let her just go on with her celebrity life after that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

mo345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

the weirdest and creepiest book i’ve ever read. i couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

mermay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

I feel like my whole review is going to be a spoiler, so I'll hide it a lot of it just in case. I never write reviews, this was a message to my best friend so this might be rough, but wow. Bruh. Okay. Bruh. This book. This book is amazing, it really is. Well-written, unpredictable, and engaging enough that I just spent the last 5 and a half hours reading it straight through without pause (until 3:30am). HOWEVER. It is very very dark.

Spoiler

It is also incredibly primally evocative creating fear, tension, and disgust by way of bodily fluids (vomiting, mildew, infestations of bugs, a few mentions of urine, and a lot of talk about rot and decay of death and dead things). It really painted a vivid picture in my mind while I was reading, it just didn't evoke pleasant things. I also don't know if I'd classify it with having a happy ending. I'm pleased with the way things turned out. Like I said, it's well crafted and this author did a really good job with character and plot development. I don't think there will be a sequel because it doesn't need one. I would rec solely based on the fact that it is a GREAT book, but you should know the rest of this stuff too before reading. Also, due to magical abilities that play a major role in the plot, non-con is a pretty strong theme throughout this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Specifics about a non-con scene between a teenage girl and adult man in the wrap.

Spoiler

There's a short...non-explicit, but potentially upsetting, scene that contains non-consensual kissing and touching between the main character and a man much older than her in a flashback. It doesn't go farther than a kiss, and it's stopped by someone who saves her, but she is definitely traumatized by it. The person who saves her says things to her directly following the assault that could be taken as victim-blaming. If you're reading the book in paper firm it's on pages 173-175 if you'd like to skip it.

chichisode's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Vomit, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Pedophilia, and Violence