Reviews tagging 'Death'

Los visitantes by Jonathan Stroud

64 reviews

bookishmind_13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

emma6544's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted sad 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

4.5

I decided to read The Screaming Staircase after watching the Netflix adaptation. 

I really enjoyed the writing style of this book and I think Netflix did a really good job at adapting the series. 

I love the characters of Lockwood, Lucy and George and how they complement each other. I also found the world building and concept was executed really well and with so much depth. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

emmacc99's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

imscrem's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

I love this series — this isn’t my first time reading this book. The whole vibes of ghost hunting are so neat, and the universe is so fleshed out… argh I’m obsessed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

maeverose's review against another edition

DNFed @ 29%

Not for me. I couldn’t really get into the story or characters. I found the body shaming and fatphobic descriptions of George to be  offensive and unnecessary. The main character literally says she wants to physically harm him just because of how he looks… 

It has some outdated language even for 2013; frequent uses of ‘oriental’ as well as at least one use of ‘invalid’.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Violence, and Murder

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic relationship

mckiheather's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

pata's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

zoeelora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

An absolute and utter treasure of a book. #SaveLockwoodandCo 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

Recommended by a friend, I enjoyed The Screaming Staircase quite a lot. The setting of this alternate London is similar to our own, but coloured by the supernatural in a way familiar to fans of the Bartimaeus trilogy - which I read ages ago but remember fondly. Not only do the trio of Lockwood & Co. have to deal with the unquiet (and often grotesque and violent) dead, but also the political machinations of the British gentry and the attempts of rivals to close down their agency. The story progresses like a horror-filled Sherlock-esque mystery, and the ending is incredibly satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit