Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley

24 reviews

lyssabyss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

concon95's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I've been in a reading rut and this sparked my joy again. I absolutely love the haunting feeling every chapter brings. It feels like a lovely mix of Netflix show "haunting of bly manor" and Erin A Craig's book "House of salt and sorrow" but with its own twists and turns. Perfect book to get into the spooky vibes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

bookish_paws's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Violence and Stalking

sk_x's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Stalking, and Murder

mshiiken's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

In a word, this book was amazing! I'm a bit ashamed it took me so long to read it, but I'm grateful that NetGalley provided a copy in exchange for an honest review. This hit all the right notes for gothic romance and horror without being overbearing. I found that I couldn't stop reading it once I started and I was rewarded with twists and turns and a thoroughly satisfying ending. I can't wait to recommend this to my library kids looking for a book that feels like Crimson Peak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Vomit

irenemarie's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

marlellow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

_teoeo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

The first half of this book...meh. really slow and you couldn't quite see where the story was heading. But the second half?? Yes!! Loved the atmosphere and how thrilling it got!

Massiv tw for animal death btw :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

s_lorenz's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Car accident

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

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

4.0

Really fantastic YA gothic horror. Captivating setting, interesting characters and relationship between them, intense mystery that revealed itself. Subplot of sapphic romance. 

Only thing I wished more of was more scene building to really bring the gothic horror of the house together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Vomit