Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

22 reviews

jackalest's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleypalazzo's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Violence

gellyreads's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really loved this novel's depiction and imagery of ghosts (the blackout eyes is super haunting and creepy). I also found one scene in this to be fairly disturbing and will make me hesitate to recommend this to anyone. Not to mention the other dark material that is covered in this book.

This book heavily features child abuse, molestation, grooming, age gap relationships, and the dark scene in question involves adults but a mix of sex and violence in a way that made me have to put the book down and walk away it was so disturbing

 
The ending both did and didn't feel desired, and the "familiars" idea I feel like could've been dealt with more. But I had a lot of fun reading this one and am excited to read more of Hill's work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Rape, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Sexual violence, Torture, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Self harm, and Death of parent

wulnerable's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

fleural's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Incest and Child abuse

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-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

2.75

The "man writing women" vibes were strong in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Self harm, Pedophilia, Animal death, Incest, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Minor: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

amanda_flynn's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

shay_starlessxsea's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Gore, and Suicide

mx_harpstar's review

I like an antihero but this main character was too misogynistic for me to get past. Might give it another shot later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Misogyny

aloysios's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.5

Slowly build tension after an intriguing start and ups the ante with every new development.
For the latter half of the book I was so hooked that I could barely lay the book aside to fulfill my day to day tasks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

Minor: Child abuse