Reviews tagging 'Child death'

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

384 reviews

jaren's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

fantomina's review against another edition

mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit

popham05's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

Minor: Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and War

box_wine_hero's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I really loved this book. Generational trauma wrapped in horror is some of my favorite story telling. I enjoyed how the characters developed and how their relationships changed. Without spoiling anything, I liked how the key to solving the books main "problem" involved openly addressing a family's secrets and traumas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Spoilers for people who don't like seeing kids hurt.

One scene involves a toddler nearly drowning; the imagery is upsetting, to say the least. Later in the book, a child's death and remains are discussed in heartbreaking detail.

alaris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

beccathewitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. It kept me up at night, but probably because I’m a puppeteer and can relate to a lot of the content. I chose this book by accident, not realizing that the thing I love is the villain. I would wake up in the middle of the night and think that my puppets were going to come alive and turn against me. Chef’s kiss on making me terrified. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Blood

bunnyman's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

i reference the evil puppet doll whenever i can

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

sheebsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

jgracekle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

fabphryne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent