Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

17 reviews

theintrovertedintrovert's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

cnohero's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Torture

jenns_library's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Child death and Incest

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

house_of_hannah's review

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

The subjects that were touched on in this book were not what I was expecting ! I think the bolded blurb before the description on Goodreads does a better job at conveying what the book is about than the actual description on the book itself. 

CW:

Implied Incest, Pedophilia

This does a good job at making the situation seem as normal as possible in the beginning. We're fed hints of what is actually going on, so we know that things are going to take a darker turn. The "reveals" at the end essentially just confirm what we already know, but the ending was still too abrupt for me. 

I read this in one sitting, which I don't normally do, but I was so invested in the story, and the writing is quite beautiful. It is definitely not the most straightforward though. I did have to re-read paragraphs a few times to understand what was going on. 

The mysticisme around Ada and her father is just so intriguing, and I'd love to read more about those like them. We don't get a lot of answers, so I'd love another book based in this universe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

jbellomy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Excrement, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity

sarah984's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I picked up this book after seeing another Goodreads reader saying they wanted to put it in the freezer. It's appropriately strange and spooky, and I loved the creepy descriptions of the procedures themselves. However I wasn't really sold on the relationship with Samson and it takes up a huge portion of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty

parul's review

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Incest, Death, Child death, Blood, and Body horror