Reviews

Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley

kimberlimurchison's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

beanwa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Grief, and Animal death

sadieraereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

ensign_jf's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

4.0

mtmbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

carrieonfighting's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

teainthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

colleenlovestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

itsmattiebeck's review against another edition

3.0

I am disturbed by this one 😅 this was a unique and fascinating look into grief and how everyone handles it in different ways. Losing a child is the worst thing to happen to a parent and can cause madness in different ways, as I feel this book showed so well between Juliette and Richard. This was eerie, dark, and I felt like I was suffocating in this thick cloud of sadness while reading this. While the writing was beautiful, I did feel it was a little off putting at times, but overall I think this was a fascinating read. 

caitsidhe's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

e great unsettling set pieces but the writing style doesn't work for me. It's too spare and restrained for the story.