Reviews tagging Abandonment

House of Hollow, by Krystal Sutherland

11 reviews

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

feedmefiction's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Abandonment

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

ramalam98's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This is definitely being added to my list of favourite YA books. It’s tense, it’s creepy, it’s engaging, and I loved the depth of worldbuilding.

I do have a couple of complaints. The first is that I felt that we were constantly being told how much of a bond the sisters had without being shown it, especially as both the older sisters leave the youngest behind. Even at the end it felt like we never saw much positive interaction between the sisters as half the time one or more was unconscious or missing. My second complaint is that I found all of the twists very predictable, but this isn’t too much of a complaint as it didn’t ruin my enjoyment of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment and Gun violence

jesshart8's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, Mental illness, and Injury/injury detail

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

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Gore, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Body horror, Abandonment, Vomit, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault and Murder

apierlessbridge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

This book was so addicting I started with an audiobook but it was taking too long so I picked up the book and read it in one sitting! There was a steadily creeping sense of atmosphere and dawning horror that catches you right away. It was grotesque but also beautiful. It reminded me a lot of Jeff Vandermeer's worlds and creatures, except it's also our own. The relationship between the sisters was scary and intense but also beautiful; can you love someone too much? I also didn't see the ending coming or the truth of what was really going on. Brilliant book, though not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Murder, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide

sassyshark's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pedophilia

joynoor96's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Warning: spoiler alert!!!

Adventour. Horror at certain point yet fun to read. A plot twist at the end. A big one! A lovable character that I'd slowly adored end up dead. 😢 but overall the plot is good and I had fun reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Murder, and Kidnapping