Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

4 reviews

junowo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book took me by surprise. Though I was a bit thrown off at first by the writing style, I’ve found that this is a new favorite book for me. Hunt does very well at setting the atmosphere for horror, and even when nothing is happening, I felt a genuine sense of foreboding while reading.
It’s hard to discuss this book without spoilers, and I recommend going into it knowing as little as possible. If you enjoy piecing together parts of a mystery, you will enjoy this book, because it creates its mystery masterfully. At some points I felt frustrated that I didn’t have answers, but now that I’ve finished it I think each answer came at the right time.
If you enjoy the dark style of fairytale found in Grimm stories, you will have as much fun as I did reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Colonisation, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

crowleaf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Confinement and Murder

seawarrior's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book's plot was wildly unlike what I had expected from its synopsis, yet I quickly grew to appreciate its lyrical telling and off-putting story. Ultimately this is a tale of women made outcasts not only by a tyrannical society but by their acts of vengeance to spite it. Their fates are described with a mysterious nature that continues to the last page, and provided more questions than answers. There wasn't a point where I felt I fully understood what was happening, but I enjoyed my reading experience nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

laurajones's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture