Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

3 reviews

melchncookies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

It started so interesting and as soon as it should have gotten interesting, it fell short. It stayed easy to read, so I finished it.

What I loved: There are no “good guys”. Everyone in this book is broken and awful, but some of them are less awful than the others. It was a new take on vampires, and they didn’t sparkle. 

What I am indifferent about: I think the child could have been left out of the book altogether. The story just didn’t need a kid to be present. Their presence in the house made it a little more grotesque, but added nothing to the story and fed into the

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women must save the children stereotype. 

What I didn’t like:

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The vampires are just entitled ass holes. Other than Lisavet having a “sickness” and needing blood (for an unknown reason), there’s no real discussion about what the blood maids are for.

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I also didn’t love how unsupernatural the whole book was and then the end happened.

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when the first blood maid is taken to the dungeons to become the wretch, I still have no idea what that was about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, Classism, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Addiction, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Bullying, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

It just wasn't doing it for me. It might be for someone, but it's not me unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Don't read this if you have a fear of needles or blood lol

qraveline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Torture, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, and Cannibalism