Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates

6 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Murder

anniup's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Fire/Fire injury

toofondofbooks_'s review

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

holy fuck, i loved this. the writing was atmospheric, gripping and beautiful, the dynamics between the characters in the haunted house were a joy to read. this book also scared the shit out of me and reading it in the dark was a uniquely horrifying experience because i was imagining it all so vividly. i recommend not reading up on the plot too much before reading; going in blind made the experience a lot better for me, in my opinion. however, if you have triggers, obviously read up on those!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Classism

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

readerintheruemorgue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death, Suicide, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury