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The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

9 reviews

rcarri264's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

fatherofmysteries's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Captures the feel of Holmes, true to the characters, but with the darker, hidden side at the forefront. Not afraid to rip off the bandaid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

ashleyadkins001's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

megmro's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Horowitz does a masterful job capturing the very essence of Sherlock Holmes in this new mystery. Just absolutely brilliant writing. 

That said, the subject matter takes a dark turn. It starts with the grisly murder of a child, then a second, and then the reveal (when they solve the case) is hugely disturbing. Definitely left me with a pit in my stomach, and I can’t say I’d recommend it, despite the fine writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

elzmri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Horowitz portrays Holmes and Watson brilliantly, and I really like his writing style. However the content of the crimes that they were investigating, which were revealed towards the end, was really difficult to read and I wish I had seen the content trigger warnings beforehand. As a review on the front cover notes, Horowitz certainly does explore the “capital’s dark underbelly [more] than Conan Doyle ever did”, but I found this to be a bit too triggering and shocking for me and I was close to having to put the book down, but I tried and managed to read it to the end. Nevertheless, I hope for Horowitz to write more Holmes pastiches in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

kypn's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder