Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

10 reviews

radtastical's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Torture, Cancer, Cursing, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Body horror

bambooboy's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A meditation on monsters and the nature of evil. What makes a monster? And how do we truly know when we are confronted with one? This is a book about (un)conditional love, dysfunctional relationships, and the evil we all try to push down within us. It’s about the things we do to try to be loved, especially when we don’t really know what love is supposed to look like. 

This is a book about monsters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Grief, Torture, Blood, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Self harm, Vomit, Child abuse, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Mental illness, and Gore

Minor: Bullying

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Gore

nrogers_1030's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief

vaguely_pink's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, and Medical content

sunnyjreads's review

dark sad 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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

imstephtacular's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Vomit, and Torture

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Death of parent

laguerrelewis's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

I’ve been eagerly anticipating this book since the abstract was released, and boy did it deliver. Sarah Gailey has a way of communicating emotion, atmosphere, and history that is unparalleled. Their characters are complex, and they have a wonderful gift for exploring internal life through the fantastical. Just Like Home offers a moving, disturbing, cathartic analysis of love, family, morality, abuse, and the things that shape us. This is a work of unflinching, raw vulnerability, and if you can handle it then I would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, Gore, Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Vomit

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts

annir's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Cancer, and Child abuse

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Thanks to Tor Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - Sarah Gailey takes on the gothic thriller and adds a supernatural twist in JUST LIKE HOME, and I could not put it down.
- Gailey excels at writing unlikable, difficult women, and Vera is no exception. You'll still find yourself on her side even as the story takes darker and darker turns.
- I also loved the commentary on our society's simultaneous disgust and fascination with serial killers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit