Reviews tagging 'Racism'

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

14 reviews

hxlleann's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.0

I saw a blurb for this book that described it as a "twisty" horror story. And I thought, how can a creature feature be twisty? And yet. The book isn't neck deep in twists, but there was one or two that caught me off guard.

Positive points for interesting use of folklore and New England vibes. Negative points for it was gory gross.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

madamryno's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Not a bad Halloween read. It's got a lot going on that can be hard to keep track of. Lots of story, not nearly enough time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

carbinara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.75

Tony Barbosa I would die for you. I reallt enjoyed the relationships between the characters and how the whole book was spanning over one night, but sort of felt the children (especially Arthur) were a little underdeveloped.

Additionally, I felt like it was missing some sort of background about Carmun and the Cunning Man. He seemingly kidnaps kids for her but also stops those kids from taking other children? Also, why did he kill Ruth and Zach (not that they didn’t deserve it)?

Very fun Halloweeny book, maybe should have saved for October. Still, even though this review may seem a little negative, I very much enjoyed reading it and that’s the important part imo :) Definitely recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Racism

mishmashreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

Not a terrible book. But definitely not a good book either. 

The writing was good… ? I loved the feel of the neighborhood. Gave me Donnie Darko vibes. I love getting to know the characters and seeing their lives intersect. But also, the writing was bad. The phrase “hitched his/her breath” was used so many times it was distracting. One chapter literally spent pages building a climatic situation and then ended with the full sentence “And he died.” Also the whole Ruth and Zack storyline is super weird and I did not like it. Are we supposed to be learning about monsters among us? Cuz very bad job of pulling that metaphor off, if so.

There are a lot of characters with each chapter focused on one of them. Don’t put it down for too long or you will forget who is who. 

The book does not actually get anywhere close to action until 150+ pages in. Thank goodness the chapters were short. Christopher Golden should skip horror and just write fiction novels. I liked his characters. I liked his writing when it wasn’t in the “spooky” part of the book. The horror part of the book (aka the second half of the book) is not good.

3 stars, but if I was rating based on horror alone, it would have been 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

zakura317's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Grief, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

voilajean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia

wickedlovely's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism