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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

106 reviews

purcellapple's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.5

My  God, the characters vomit so much. Every chapter has someone puking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

obsydian's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

wren_08's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

klsreads's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Finally got around to reviewing this book, but not for lack of interest. I really enjoyed this dark, immersive, atmospheric fairy tale. It reads on the older end of young adult and delves into some nasty stuff. It was surprisingly scary and gross (be ready for rot, decay, vomit, corpse flowers, bugs, festering wounds, etc.). It was horrific in the best ways, imo, but it won't be for everyone. Two of three sisters are queer, but it's not a main plot point. Overall, it's a love story about sisters, what constitutes a family, and the moral rot that makes people monsters. I tore through this book!

As usual with the stuff I read, check the cw's. Also consider if you're in the right place to engage some existential dread. If this sounds like fun to you, I highly recommend! I will absolutely be reading more Krystal Sutherland - her writing is gritty and gorgeous. I might bump this up to 5 stars soon because I read this 3 weeks ago and I still think about it. Enjoy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

lentils1012's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

I really wanted to read a horror story, just to try if it was my cup of tea or not. 🍵
Overall I enjoyed the story, I liked the dark atmosphere and the plot twist at the end was not predictable at all. Also, since I've never read a horror novel before, that kind of story was very new and interesting for me.
:) 
However, I didn't have an emotional attachment to the characters, therefore I wasn't always that scared for them, nor did I feel any other strong emotions while reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

fadeddpages's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Death

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

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

The focus on the decay in nature really worked for me in this book. It really upped the creep factor. I also loved the horror element. There was just this crawling feeling of creeping terror that grew inside me throughout the whole book. That being said, it was nice to have some humor every once in a while and Tyler’s character really brought that. What I didn’t need though, was the high school bullying. Obviously it’s a ya book, so high school drama is to be expected, but it just didn’t hit for me. also it has to be said that some of these characters have REMARKABLE pain tolerance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying and Gun violence

saffic's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense

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

3.5

As someone who has no sense of smell, this book was rough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

While there is no incest in this book

the main character has one line where she implies to her sister's boyfriend that she loves her as much as he does, which given all other descriptions of their relationship in this book, reads to me as incestuous. But also, I don't have siblings, so this line might have been meant entirely as sisters.

almaprincess66's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Na ezeket a fordulatokat nem láttam előre, az biztos.

Másoknak talán egyértelmű lett volna, de ez talán azért lehet mert még kifejezetten új vagyok a horror műfajhoz.

Nagyon élveztem, a narratíva nagyon elképzelhető volt a karakterek pedik csodásak.

Imádtam Vivit és Iris is meglepően jó és talpraesett főszereplő volt. Grey egy teljesen más kategória, de mint karakter őt is nagyon bírtam. Megérthető volt mindannyiuk motivációja.

Az csak bónuszt adott a tetszéshez hogy Vivi leszbikus és a rock bandája Budapesten is fellépett (akkor is ha ezt nem láttuk szó szerint, csak megemlítve volt)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment