Reviews tagging 'Death'

Come Closer by Sara Gran

60 reviews

nathiddles_106's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing

baileyt2424's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

silea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

charlottesreadingweb's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A nasty little book with a predictable ending about one woman's experience with possession. I read this is one sitting. It definitely has some spooky moments with vivid imagery. Good for fans of Jennifer's Body, etc. The writing is quite simple, similar to YA albeit some of the graphic content. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Abandonment

katiebella_reads's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

5⭐️
Amazing.  Utterly, horrifically, amazing.

A slow decent into madness........ or possession. Her husband Edward and those closest to her can't see it. Strange occurrences are written of as coincidence. Minor violent outbreaks are chalked up to stress. Somthing is going on..... dogs and small kids always know. They can't be wrong, can they?

I greatly respected the use of biblical references towards the "demon." It shows the care and research the author used when writing. Every word in this book was thought out and well placed. As a Christian, the whole thing scared me. How easily the "demon" took over. How the little clues go unnoticed and, if are noticed, are chalked up to everyday happenstance. It isn't until the entity fully took hold that the woman even noticed, and even then those closest to her dont. A gripping read in every sense of the word.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

morbidmyrna's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

an_apollinaria's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

An enjoyable horror novel, but not something i would re-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

lavendar_fr0g's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A realistic look into how the average person would react to getting possessed. 
As in, a bunch of denial and more ‘sane’ explanations til it’s too late. You can sympathize with Amanda, with the way her life falls apart and she loses control. You can’t blame her either- because possession & demons don’t exist, right? 

Could’ve done without the demons lore or whatever, as that didn’t interest me much but it didn’t take away from the story- wouldn’t you want to know everything about what’s happening to you?

I feel bad for her and her loved ones by the end of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

cursivewolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A quick descent into possession gone on too far. Hopeless and suffocating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol