Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

6 reviews

janachigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Blood, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Racism, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Misogyny, War, Bullying, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

carolinemb's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Animal cruelty

mhartford's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Animal death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Racism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and War

makenzie_rois's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Death, Child death, and Death of parent

connorjdaley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

A very dark, very graphic, horrific, horror tale. Exactly what you’d expect of Nick Cutter, but it can be a lot if you aren’t aware of him.

thegr8estangell's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Do you like documentaries about Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple? Heaven's Gate? This book does cults so well. That final sermon... oof that was freaky. The dread and fear is palpable throughout the whole book. This book could honestly stand alone with just the parts of it that took place in the 1960s. The story was super gory. like... super gory. I kinda want him to do a short story about the other places they found out there near Little Heaven. The children of this book make the children of the corn look like cutesy day campers. I would've liked him to explain the wishes stuff a little more. That was still pretty ambiguous at the end, but hey, you can't have it all. A terrifying read for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Violence