Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham

15 reviews

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Self harm, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Self harm, and Slavery

tamiam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Highly original melding of childhood classic, found family, slasher horror adventure with a smattering of social horror. Beautifully written. Memorable characters and a definite re-read for me (I had to buy the book).  This is one that will likely achieve cult classic status and rightly so. . 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Slavery, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

tkatt20's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did. I almost DNFd at 20 pages because I did not like the writing style and I found it too descriptive and long winded, but something told me to keep reading and I am so happy I did. The characters were so fleshed out and well crafted that they were practically jumping off the pages, with an equally elegant setting to boot. There were so many layers to this story I could go on and on about all the emotions it made me feel and all the questions it gave me about my own morality but I truly have no words to express how good this book is. I rarely cry when reading books but this one had me sobbing when I reached the ending. The pacing was beautiful and matched an equally beautiful story and I am forever adding this book to my recommendations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, and Excrement

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury