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voilajean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Grief
Minor: Pedophilia
lostinworlds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping
amandaakerman's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
theknitterwithabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ALL HALLOWS by Christopher Golden
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Coming out January 24, 2023
Disclaimer: I would like to thank @NetGalley and @StMartinsPress for a copy of this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
☠️☠️☠️
Wwwoooohh!! That was intense!
I must admit, I requestes this books weeks ago and remembered vaguely the synopsis. So, I went in maybe half-blindly. The first 2/3 of the book felt like ambiance horror. The setting is creepy, weird things are happening, strange characters appear, etc. You're not sure what it is but you get this overwhelming feeling that something is not right and will happen at the next turn of the page. Then, all of a sudden, the book turns into vivid horror and becomes nightmarish. Watch out for the body count! 😱
Told in multiple point of views, the story focuses on the Parmenter's street families. It's the night of Halloween but they are all going through some intense drama and trying to put on a mask to hide what's going on. They are dysfunctional and the neighbours are not all nice. It makes you think the neighbours could actually be the real monsters.
Gradually, we are introduced to strange kids tagging along and asking for help. They want to come in until midnight and seem afraid of The Cunning Man. It's not clear who they are, where they are from, what era they are from! But it's clear they are not from this street.
At the 70% mark, fastened your seat belt! The story increase speed and the book becomes unputdownable! It's full on horror. Nobody's safe. I almost screamed a huge "Wtf!" in the middle of my subway commute. 😂
I would have loved that part to come up a little earlier and to extend certain part of the story and explanations but it was overall an excellent novel! Even though it's an Halloween setting, the books comes out in January. So, mark your calendar and add it to your list!
Please check TW before reading!
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Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia