Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Dirty Heads by Aaron Dries

5 reviews

skogsheks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

loyddl's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.75

I really did not know what to expect from this book and I’m presently surprised and kind of disappointed. 

First the positives. The imagery works wonders in creating an over all creepy vibe. It’s not scary as much as it is unsettling and combined with the 90s setting and anxieties the book does well in making you feel like something is wrong without having a clear answer why. 

As for the negatives, and this might be nit-picky, but the book’s story description and what the story actually was might make you thing your going to get something different. I thought the events of the story would be taking place after the life changing incident of the book but it actually takes place beforehand. We don’t actually spend a lot of time in the after, so don’t expect a kid on the run kind of story. It is still a good story but kind of feels like false advertising. The ending also felt weird but maybe I’m just missing the metaphor. 

Regardless, defiantly give this one a read if your interested in creepy aesthetics and great writing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Sexual content, and Violence

ngorki's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Bullying

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Car accident