Reviews tagging 'Murder'

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

121 reviews

katew726's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Trafficking

mjulia7670's review against another edition

dark 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: Violence, Blood, and Murder

cknudsen's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

A unique take on vampires, though the pacing is off and the relationships between characters often feel rushed and underdeveloped. Some questions remain unanswered by the end of the story. Overall, a fun, quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

kri13's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

Although I enjoyed the pacing, mood and general take on vampirism , this book failed to meet expectations. 
Writing: at points there was an over use of certain adjectives, the writing for action scenes were also poorly written,  body language was poorly described
Plot: overuse of certain plot devices, poor organization of key scenes damaging impact of most important points in the story
Characters:  not fully developed, growth and movties unconvincing
Overall,  I liked it,  but wouldn't recommend to anyone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

megsbookishtwins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

Perfect read for the spooky season. The narrative and plot are strong & captivating. It is a novel about consumption, loyalty, desire & obsession

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Slavery, Blood, and Sexual harassment

cassysan's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

Wow! Every bit of this book feels like a fever dream. The captivating prose, the dark, fungal setting, the gory violence….i loved it all! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

orizenda's review against another edition

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

5.0

I didn’t want this to end. I actually genuinely loved this. I’ve never seen vampires done like this. A few scenes are horrific and really well done, imo. It’s lesbian vampirism, idk what more I could want tbh. And it tackles like class struggle, too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Death of parent

lila_laune's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

kirbyworming's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Murder

e_riahh's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism