Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

31 reviews

arthur_pendrgn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 

I liked it and I didn't, so I'm settling on a three. Suspenseful, creepy, and thrilling--yes. Somewhat difficult to follow when tying all of the threads together & reminiscent of Stephen King--also yes.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

wylovat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality, and Death of parent

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

glut's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Death of parent

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

trifi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Self harm, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

mghrt06's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

 Thank you, Michael Joseph Penguin Publishing, for sending this book in a welcome pack in exchange for an honest review. 

In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of becoming teens. They spend their days biking around their sleepy English village and looking for any excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code: little chalk stick figures they leave for one another as messages only they can understand. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body of a child, and nothing is ever the same. 30 years later, Eddie is fully grown and thinks he’s put his past behind him, but then he gets a letter in the mail containing a single chalk stick figure. When it runs out that his friends got the same message, they think it could be a prank – until one of them dies. That's when Eddie realizes that saving himself means finally figuring out what really happened all those years ago. 

I really enjoyed this book – it was messy and weird, but I feel like it was the writing style. It was bizarre but it worked by the end. At the beginning, my head was completely battered. I was so confused and it sort of had to go round the bend and back again but at the end I understood the plot. Eddie is a messed-up kid and really should have gone to therapy when he was younger because the actions he took as a child and an adult were weird and messed-up. Like all those children involved are messed up and desperately need therapy. It sorts of shows that everyone is always hiding something.  

If you really want to read a messed-up book that will screw with your mind, this book is for you.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

litalia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

blouviere4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Physical abuse, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol