Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Hole by Pyun Hye-young

5 reviews

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

dark tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Infertility

Minor: Suicide

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Infertility, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was just... weird. The atmosphere was definitely tense and ominous, and for a while, I enjoyed the psychological lens of describing the characters, but slowly and steadily it got quite dense and description-heavy. It was also a bit hard to follow on audio because everyone is either referred to by an initial or by their relationship to Oghi (e.g., mother-in-law). I expected that the ending would still redeem this book for me because I've heard from other people that it's quite dark and twisty, but sadly that wasn't the case. I thought it ended at quite a bizarre point, it felt like the story got cut off abruptly. A forgettable read personally. I do think if you go into this book knowing that you probably won't be shocked and it's kind of the slow-burn of seeing everything unfold that's supposed to appeal to you, then you might like it better than I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts

charleyroxy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Confinement

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Excrement, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Torture