Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

459 reviews

zealandrc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I thought the family drama of it all was really compelling. It was a pretty creepy story, but not too scary-- I could read it before bed just fine. Great writing, and I could never predict what would happen next. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Death

jgracekle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

fabphryne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

elindseyr190's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

_danrobin's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident

meganmoisant's review against another edition

dark tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War

shubka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

This book definitely makes me never want to be around puppets or dolls ever again! Full of twists & turns I never could have guessed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Torture, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

clrouse's review against another edition

dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Lot’s going on here with generational trauma, estranged sibling relationships, grief, fear, etc..not sure why but I was NOT expecting the dolls and puppets. Made my skin crawl, made me laugh, made me think. Unlikable but complicated characters. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Southern Bookclub or My Best Friends Exorcism, but it was a wild ride. Higher rating after bookclub because it certainly had moments that stuck with all of us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jenlengland's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail