Reviews tagging 'Death'

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

28 reviews

hardella's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Okay so I loved this misery-esque thriller. I read it on a plane ride and it had be hooked the whole time. As someone who has worked in the anti-violence field with a focus on family violence it hit hard and nothing was surprising. 
My biggest issue with this book is the ending.

I get the goal was to be dark and mysterious. And I’m not mad at that. BUT when the main character is a good person experiencing trauma, I want a happy(at least happyish) ending. For example, the ending of Get Out is still wild and tense but the main character “wins” as he should. I wanted this for Miller too. Too many victim-survivors of domestic violence do not get a safe ending especially queer folks. I wanted to see Miller’s fiancée save her in the end.

Otherwise I think this was a great novella and the author did a fantastic job of writing a realistic and tense story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

mfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is an incredibly tense and stressful deep dive into a toxic mother/daughter relationship with a story that references Misery, The Shining, and Psycho. As many have noted there are two major twists and I did see one of them coming but wasn’t clear how the ending would sort out. As depressing as it is though it seemed fitting that that is what we are building to.

I really enjoyed this short novella read and would highly recommend it to those who are looking for something dark and psychological. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was delightfully spooky and made me feel just as trapped and confined as anyone would be in a cabin during a snowstorm. I love horror that plays with family dynamics and this really delivered. I do feel like I have some questions that didn't quite get answered that are nagging at me, and I feel that they could've been answered if this were a full length novel or even if there was an extra 20 pages, so that's what keeps me from rating it higher. overall a good time though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

aas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kstericker's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Stalking

bowlingforboots's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A super quick, gory read. Nothing over the top and just the right amount of mystery and suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kyra_joy's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

It was pretty good, but I wouldn’t look into to much before reading as a lot of reviews make the ending super obvious. Though it  doesn’t typically bother me, it is a super obvious twist and I found the end to come on quite quickly. It was written well though and I think would make a pretty good full length novel or even a decent movie thing just need to be more fleshed out. Needed a few more pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Blood, Dementia, and Gaslighting