Reviews tagging 'Violence'

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

344 reviews

mcmolls's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I had a hard time getting into this, for several reasons. The tense relationship between the two main characters (siblings) hit a little too close to home, and the first half of the book is a very slow burn. I'm glad I stuck with it, though, because once it picks up, it absolutely takes off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

heckinchimken's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

djlang's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Weird but entertaining. There was something about the puppet of it all that I couldn’t bond with, and that took me out of the story. It was more violent than I expected too. 

Geography note: at one point the characters refer to Worcester as upstate from Boston. Massachusetts does not have an “upstate,” and Worcester is due west of Boston. An editor should have caught this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

elliebasta's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Self harm

bananavana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

fionamclary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Never thought I'd say "puppet violence" when telling my friends about what I'm currently reading.

I have to say I guessed the twist very early on, which is extremely rare for me, so either I got super lucky or the twist wasn't as subtle as it should have been.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Vomit, and Abandonment

Major themes of children in peril

yellowease's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mindins's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

Me gustó caleta, sólo que había partes en las que me costó como tomarla en serio, me daba un poquito de gracia, pero nunca estuve aburrida, lo mejor?  La vida de Mark, amé su personaje.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

chaoticgobzy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

whatsnewkaseyroo's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail