Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Family Business by Jonathan Sims

8 reviews

nebulous_cat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Excrement, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

casdelvo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Classism

reginacattus's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, Vomit, and Stalking

misszoe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

fraeyalise's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I want to like this book so much more because I like the author, but this book has some of the same problems as Thirteen Storeys. The characters felt one dimensional to me, except Diya. I could see where the book was going, and the reveals felt flat as a result. There seemed to be an underlying message about those who fall through the cracks in society but it wasn't quite fleshed out, and felt half-baked. The story and writing is a bit clunky at times. 

Positives: some of the imagery is really creepy, and some of the descriptions are really well done. It has a neat premise. The cat doesn't die. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Suicide

Minor: Bullying

emflipspages'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I liked this book, I'm a sucker for Jonny Sims and his use of patterns and categories in horror. But this book got a little bit repetitive sometimes, as if only the relevant happenings in the plot line were piled on top of each other, and the resolution wasn't as satisfying as it could have been (the solution came somewhat suddenly and there were still a lot of unanswered questions at the end). Still, the writing style, the characters and the story itself are completely brilliant, and you bet I'll be looking out for the rest of Jonny's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Torture, and War

jan_coco_day's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Sims is a master at slow-paced horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail