Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Penpal by Dathan Auerbach

42 reviews

star_charter152's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Dementia, and Kidnapping

amandalove2bme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lexikersey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Dementia

lotstannard's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Murder

asydburn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The story is extremely chilling while not being particularly violent. It stirs fears very primal and universal to the human experience. The characters recollection of the events is very believable and I appreciate that it is told purely from his perspective. This only solidifies the realistic, childlike naivete that an elementary aged child would have in these situations. A very horrifying look into memories, family secrets, and loss of Innocence. This could have happened to any of us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death and Dementia

Minor: Pedophilia

nagisasigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this book broke my heart, but it was also gripping and well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

_fallinglight_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Car accident

maggieoc_x's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Pedophilia, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

destinyf1988's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book had my full attention almost immediately and kept my attention throughout (which is a feat because I give up on a lot of books). It is incredibly creepy, dark and sad so if you don’t like heavy stuff this isn’t the book for you. I throughly enjoyed it and couldn’t wait to be able to read again when I had to put it down to go to work. 
Up next in my stack of to read books is another one written by him because I enjoyed it so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Dementia

maniacjac's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, and Kidnapping