Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

68 reviews

labetra's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

elysianbud's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

This made me cry several times. The characters are complicated people which I loved, especially the depths of Jade and her father. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

wren_08's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Car accident, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lue_moon's review

dark mysterious 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

4.75

Even as someone who doesn't typically read horror (my overactive brain gives me nightmares way to easily with creepy stuff), I ended up really loving this book. Though I can see how this book might not be for everyone. Be forewarned, it is creepy as hell and can sometimes feel a bit chaotic, but it contains a lot of beautiful writing and story that drew me in. I'm always a big fan of houses that become their own character in books and this one becomes as much a part of the book as the main characters. It also speaks to exploration of identity, family rupture and connection, and stories washed over and untold by colonialist revision of history.

Additional content warning for bugs, so many bugs in many creepy ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol

em_of_swags's review against another edition

4.0

liked it but the "mythology" of it felt kind of all over the place. brb getting Vietnamese food now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

guessgreenleaf's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

honeybeewitched87's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Fire/Fire injury

awesome_archaeology's review against another edition

dark 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

Described as one of the most anticipated must read books of 2023, She Is a Haunting is emotionally beautiful, thought provoking, and spell-binding. The imagery and plot combine to be subtly frightening in some scenes and outright horrifying in others. I would highly recommend this book to fans of The Shining by Stephen King, The Troop by Nick Cutter, and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. I would also recommend that readers sleep with their lights on after reading it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

hellavaral's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racism, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

alsira98's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury