Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

401 reviews

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

my expectations for this book were pretty low, when i first got it, i read some reviews that weren’t the best, so i put it off for a long time; i’m very glad i read it.
this book was pretty slow for the first 30%, but after it got really good! 
it was hard to put down, kept me wanting more, and was the (more lighthearted, circumstantially) that i needed before fall time!
would highly recommend reading this book - and pushing through the first 30% - but be sure to look at content warnings before!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Rape, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Animal death, Classism, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Drug use

witchd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

book_h0e's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

jaimelouise06's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Suicide, Self harm, and Rape

czoltak's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

I’m officially done with Grady Hendrix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, Blood, and Child death

corrin_takara's review

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Dementia, Body horror, Cancer, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

kier26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Child abuse, Blood, Toxic friendship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Cursing, Car accident, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Stalking, Sexism, and Drug use

myrtosfullybooked's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Child death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

valerie_kutcher's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book will always be one of my favorites and if you’re looking for a good horror that will keep you on edge, this is the one for you. The horror itself isn’t cheesy or tacky, but moments that will have you holding your breathe

Spoiler

in the attack hiding from James

Spoiler

 I just couldn’t put it down - but that is to be expected by Grady Hendrix. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, and Kidnapping

jinjejik's review

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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the only book I've finished recently that I unquestionably considered to be 5 stars. this one is not funny and absurd like Hendricks' How to Sell a Haunted House, but there's similarities in the rhythm/build up/climax. it's very real. some parts were so disturbing or made me so angry and upset I had to put the book down for a bit. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, and Child abuse