Reviews

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

charliemaryann's review

4.0

4.5

kawaiikittenreads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book! This is the first book I have read by Christopher Golden and I Instantly grabbed 2 more books by him after getting about halfway through. 

Gave all the spooky vibes I was looking for while yearning for spooky season. Highly suggest to anyone looking for a good spooky ghost/demon story but don’t expect everyone to get out alive! 

chrissypops's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

dowryofbooks's review

2.0

The synopsis of this book, particularly the setting being Halloween in the 80s, really drew me in. The atmosphere ended up being pretty disappointing because it failed to deliver all the 80s vibes. It also failed in keeping up the suspense. Every time something spooky happened, the mood was killed by what felt like endless exposition. It took far to long to actually pick up pace and by that point I didn't care anymore.

I wish I had more to say but overall this isn't going to be a memorable one for me.

much thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for an arc in exchange for my thoughts!

stepriot's review

3.0

There's a premise here that's amazing. There's an attempt at suspense that I want to like. Ultimately, it ends up being very bland. I think the cast is just a little too large. The focus ends up being on their mundane differentlies rather than the horrors of the night.

heyfluxay's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

constancepsych's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

3.5

Pretty good read, it dragged a bit towards the end however it was a pretty original story line. The characters were well written and the spooky vibes of Halloween in the 1980’s made me reminisce. 

ctasala's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

finnsnowbevi's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia, Outing, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Medical content and Sexual content

wonkywishes's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite piece of Halloween media. I’m used to seeing bodies pile up in movies but this books gives you the agony of being intimately familiar with the people whose lives changed that night.