Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Twelve Nights at Rotter House by J.W. Ocker

7 reviews

sammaywin's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Alcohol

cowbrotherx's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I LOVED all of the horror movie references in this, especially

Thomas comparing him to Jack from the shining

 
I do wish it would’ve been more scary,
But the plot twist did make my jaw drop a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

chris_reads's review

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

ghouligan's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

Don’t waste your time. 

It was like the author remembered in the last third of the book that he actually needed the plot to go somewhere. The “twist” was predictable and the final twist is cheap. The author even said, in the story, it’s hard to end a haunted house novel.

There’s also one Black character in the book and he gets m*rdered

and the author was clearly only looking for diversity points. Lots of forced, awkward conversations about race that are not at all necessary - even more so knowing how it ends.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

kenzies's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

melitta's review

dark emotional mysterious tense

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

ghulsona's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

WOW THAT ENDING FUCKED ME UP . . . really cool meta explorations and discussions of haunted house tropes, fantastic character dynamics, funny and smart dialogue, good handling of twists and turns . . . this was just a fantastic scary thriller read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content