Reviews tagging 'Death'

The House Next Door by Darcy Coates

5 reviews

morgan_c_rose's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

Having read so much of her work already, this was not my favorite Darcy Coates, but it was the first of hers that truly gave me the creeps! The ghost was terrifying, and the setting was ominous and mysterious with unnerving findings in every room. The story intensified until the very end, but the final scene fell just short of my expectations. It was a quick read that made it hard to sleep, and that’s what Coates does best!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Pregnancy, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Forced institutionalization

hyperashley's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

voilajean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Infertility

the_books_music_life's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I have meh feelings about this book. My main problem is the vagueness of Jo, we don't know much about her. We don't even know her age and that made it hard for me to picture her as a character let alone the person telling/living the story.

The plot of the haunted house was interest but the execution could have been done better in my opinion. I felt the big twists were lack luster and the characters felt very one dimensional.

I think if you are just getting into scary/spooky ghost stories this is a really good book to start with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Death and Physical abuse

Spousal abuse, suspected spousal abuse,

kathkas's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence