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The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates

7 reviews

tunatins's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

jessicalarson125's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore and Violence

chloebear21's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

ursacygni's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Another excellent haunted house tale from Darcy Coates. This one has some twists and turns you wouldn't expect. The story brings together a mixture of science, mysticism, history, and a hefty helping of bravery to see our protagonist through the day. As always Darcy is great at finding ways to make your skin crawl, your emotions take a plunge, and your heebies thoroughly jeebied. Give this one a read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Violence

doomluz's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is the first Darcy Coates book I’ve read. I also have to admit I haven’t read a lot of books about ghosts.

Ghost movies usually give me nightmares, but I still enjoy them. I definitely think being raised Catholic and fearful of malevolent spirits and ouija boards has a lot to do with why they scare me so much even though I’m no longer religious. It wasn’t until I saw several people on Instagram post about how much they love Darcy Coates that I realized I haven’t read a lot of ghost stories so I wanted to check one out.

This book was pretty creepy. It was fast paced and kept me absorbed in the story.

The only thing I wasn't sure how I felt about is the ending. No one ended up really dying and the epilogue ends more like a romance would with an engagement. I don't mind the characters having a happy ending, but it felt a little out of place and like emotional whiplash.

Overall I enjoyed the book and will likely check out more Darcy Coates and other ghost stories in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

kathkas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A fun haunted house romp! Darcy Coates is great for when you want a fluffier sort of spooky read. This is probably one of my favorites by her because I ended up liking most of the characters. Especially Bernard tho!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence