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jorreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
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? Yes
4.0
Some genuinely frightening and rifting imagery. The ending tore my heart out.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia
kim_possumble's review against another edition
challenging
dark
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? Yes
5.0
owlishone's review against another edition
While definitely not for the faint of heart, this is well done in many ways. So richly textured and atmospheric. It is more setting- than character-driven, evoking the desert southwest with more attention to landscape detail than I expected from a horror book. Also, the author manages to nail the ending: it’s pitch-perfect.
kimhawk's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
cry_shewolf's review against another edition
5.0
I am a seasoned horror reader at this point, and Cutter’s work strikes chords that are hard to match or find similarly from other writers. Of all his work I’ve read (which is nearly everything under this pen name at least), Little Heaven was far and away my favorite and the most unnerving. I don’t scare easily - and this book horrified me.
buffysmawm's review against another edition
3.0
Three words: warm blister broth. The first third of this was a 5-star book. The middle third: 4 stars. Last third: 2 stars. Basically three decent novellas padded with excessive amounts of body horror and some of the nastiest imagery I’ve ever read. I don’t think I’ve spent 200 pages reading with a stank face before, but this was gross as hell. However — it did give me my new go-to phrase for canceling plans: “I would come myself but my tubercular state has rendered me inert.”
general_arse_biscuits's review against another edition
5.0
This was the happiest ending I’ve seen in a Nick Cutter book. That’s not to say this book had a happy ending at all, far from it actually. Just the least dread—filled ending. 5/5
sbsenpai's review against another edition
4.0
This one takes its time building to the scares, but just over halfway though it hits hard. So plenty of Cutter's gruesome descriptions are still here and the plot is pretty good with the multiple POVs. If you love Nick Cutter then give this a read.
lfeels's review against another edition
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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
yeah! good! gross! it was jarring to read after i just read pure fantasy but it was good and spooky i didn’t really like the time jumps it felt like there was an easier way to tell the story