leeghlee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Gore, and Suicide
Moderate: War, Grief, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Confinement and Misogyny
foldingthepage_kayleigh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Religious bigotry
bookboxbabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
i wasn’t spooked or anything but i had no idea it was a retelling of edgar allan poe when i picked it up, which is on me i admit (i don’t like eap)
regardless, the book was boring.
not bad, not good, just blah. it was quick which is why i finished it in one sitting, but i just didn’t care about anything that happened.
Spoiler
and fungus? really? alright then, i guess that’s the hill we’re dying on.the only character i hoped lived and that i actually liked was hob. yes, the horse. he was the only good person in here.
this would work well as a short film or movie i think. the vibes were there and it would’ve been more eerie and creepy in film form.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Body horror, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Sexism, and Medical content
ilaxaria's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Body horror, and Medical content
Moderate: Murder and War
Minor: Suicide
redbeanm0chi's review against another edition
4.5
Non binary ex soldier Alex Easton is called to the dark, rotting mansion of their childhood friends, the Ushers. They arrive to a place infested with something that is driving the siblings mad, and with the help of a mycologist and a doctor they have to find out what’s going on with the hares.
Look, what you need to know about me is that I have an overwhelming fear of fungi. Did I still pick this book up? Yes.
So this was amazing. The warmth of the relations between people was impressive given the length of the story and it provided a perfect, heart wrenching backdrop to what would happen.
It’s absolutely disgusting in all the best ways. It’s not the quick, jumpscare type of horror, but the one that seeps into you and festers. The longer you think about it the more horrifying it becomes.
Also I’m a sucker for a good acknowledgement, so the authors notes made me kinda fall in love.
Graphic: Body horror
phantomgecko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The cover rather gives it away, but knowing doesn't make it less enjoyable to read. Creepy for sure.
Moderate: Body horror and Death
hobbit_at_heart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Animal death
Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, War, Murder, Suicide, and Alcohol
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Medical trauma
warlockdorian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Suicide
biwi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide
remuslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: War
Minor: Sexism and Fire/Fire injury