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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

41 reviews

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

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

abbiemreads's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Grief

mcdal's review against another edition

5.0

Sometimes carrion flowers and vomit and crimes against nature is actually something that can be so personal 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

I know I put vomit in the content warnings but please for the love of god, if you have emetophobia, enter this book with great caution or not at all cause there is A LOT of vomit

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

4.5. I was REALLY pleasantly surprised by this one. It was super spooky and mysterious, and Sutherland's prose was beautiful and descriptive. I loved the focus on the sisters and their relationship. Also, the ending was incredibly satisfying. I will say there was a little too much retrospective monologuing on Iris' part. Also,

the kiss between Tyler and Iris was so unnecessary! It completely undermined Iris' character, who up until this point was completely dedicated to Grey. If she truly was dedicated, she wouldn't have kissed her boyfriend

!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

HP reference. Moderate warnings for loss of a loved one, missing child, drowning, self injury, insects. Minor warnings for stillbirth, internalised misogyny.

leaf_arrow's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

thekiwibibliophile's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Death of parent

lynnrahm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

3.5 stars

not what i thought it’d be. but then again what did i expect? stephen-king-kinda thriller? well...yes.

reading the synopsis that is what i thought it would be like. but nope. its like those dark stories parents read their kids to sleep.

hush! my darling. if you don’t close your eyes gray hollow would come and skin you alive. then wear your skin and enter your world and live with us. as our child. you’d be dead. so sleep.

oops! i think i spoiled the whole book!

but the writing was very beautiful with a lot of twist and turns and creepy little flowers growing out of the main character’s gut (literally)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

paracosim's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Suicide

bwwilhelm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Check the content warnings, and take them very seriously!

That said, this book is nothing like I expected it to be. It's a glorious, dark fairy tale.

Without giving too much detail...

All the very best villians are somewhat sympathetic.

Also, the idea that souls can get stuck after death, not just because they have unfinished business,  BUT ALSO BECAUSE SOMEONE LIVING IS UNABLE TO LET THEM GO ... just, wow. My heart hurts in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail