Reviews tagging Sexual assault

House of Hollow, by Krystal Sutherland

146 reviews

hazedandconfused's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Sexual assault

sofiacanread's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

I loved this book!! As of late, I’ve steered clear of “YA” because I find the tropes and forced romance annoying, but this book was not at all like that. I would say it’s most comparable to Wilder Girls and Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power (both excellent books as well). It’s very well written and the mystery will have you guessing until the end. So good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide, and Self harm

el_catimi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Spoiler

#justicefortyler

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Minor: Sexual assault

void_heart's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Child abuse

alex1's review

adventurous mysterious sad tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Grief

dovewrites's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

3.5 - 4. The writing is of good quality and I appreciated that the author managed to keep the tone despite the book being set in modern times. This book has an incredible fairy-tale quality and it’s impressive that mentions of social media and the sims 4 did not disrupt that feeling. The explorations of femininity and the grotesque were very compelling and exciting to read in a YA novel. The character building was so interesting, I’ve read that some people feel like Iris is bland

Spoiler

but I think she’s supposed to be, she is so intimately linked to her sisters and especially to Grey- she has no self- until the end, when we see a glimmer of her becoming something more.

My only grips are that the Americanisms did disjoint me a little and If this book is a stand-alone why was the ending written like it’s setting up for a second book? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, Child death, Child abuse, Suicide, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Self harm

camillaloe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Car accident

adi_mazig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, Drug use, Vomit, Stalking, and Grief

thyroyalreader's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I’m not a horror fan, but the last few chapters of this book made it worth it!!!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Misogyny, and Death

theroamingleo's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Fantastic dark fantasy. A bit rough at times, but not an out right horror. Plowed through the book in less than 48 hours. Really enjoyed the audio version, the narrator did great!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Sexual assault, and Suicide