House of Leaves

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Does the dog die?
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Samakin Skywalker-Mullaney
Johnny rescues a stray Pekingese and lets a woman take the dog home. However when she is driving away, she throws the dog out of her car window and he dies - very graphically.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there a large age gap?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Anonymous
Debatable. There is no actual stalking, but a character feels like something is following and hunting them throughout the book.
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Is there domestic violence?
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tendorphin
The whole book is about not trusting reality. If gaslighting is a trigger, probably avoid this book.
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Anonymous
The Navidson's cat is mentioned as having disappeared over the course of the story, and its fate is uncertain.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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WhyThough
There is a bit of discussion about different characters experiencing sexual assault as well as a character planning out the assault and murder of a woman, though it is unclear whether this event actually occurred.
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Charle
Your not likely to come across it but if you decode the may 8, 1987 letter in the appendix II Johnny's mother talks about how the staff are sexually abusing her. Not very graphic but still very disturbing. It is also unclear whether it actually happened due to her psychosis.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
Nobody is buried in dirt, exactly, but a person is buried and crushed in the labyrinth and being in the labyrinth is compared to being buried alive a few times.
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Anonymous
Like someone's WHOLE HEAD is damaged and it's pretty gross, so I am gonna say yes.
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Does someone break a bone?
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basilange
It is briefly mentioned that Karen has a seizure during a scene.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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WhyThough
A hand is graphically crushed
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Is someone tortured?
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basilange
psychologically by the house, yes
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Anonymous
A character loses an eye from hypothermia
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
A young girl dies from a famine in the backstory. Her death and its impact come up multiple times throughout the story.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Family
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Anonymous
Children’s drawings are destroyed
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
Both of Johnny's parents die in his backstory. His mother's death is a recurring element in his narrative.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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scout.
I would compare it to a “spirit.”
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jumpscares?
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scout.
A few times something so unexpected and shocking happened that I threw the book and did a lot of frequent “oh my god” gasping.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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basilange
it is a book
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
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Anonymous
A character's treatment while institutionalized is a very large part of the plot.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Anonymous
It is mentioned that Karen had breast cancer during a time skip.
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tendorphin
There is mention of IV drug use, though only passing.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
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Anonymous
No, but a character’s drastic weight loss for to mental health issues is frequently mentioned
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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tendorphin
No actual eating disorder, but a man, in the throes of obsession, loses enough weight to shock people when they see him.
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Is there misophonia?
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WhyThough
A man shoots himself in the chest and another character hangs themself with their sheets
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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basilange
It is a book, so no, but there is a frequent, unorthodox use of layout that can get very disorienting, meant to invoke feelings of claustro- and agoraphobia
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scout.
I know this is put here because of epilepsy, so I don't think it counts, but it does include a lot of VERY manic, confusing, and all over the place writing that could incite a panic, so I put yes just to be safe?
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Paranoia
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wrongwarp
Hard to explain, but the story presents itself as a real book that was published by the (fictional) characters in the book, attempting to blur the line of reality between itself and the real world.
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Anonymous
An African child dies several years before the events of the story. Her death is discussed several times throughout the book.
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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kttdrustv
mentioned in passing
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Is there bestiality?
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Anonymous
Definitely.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Does a car crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there gun violence?
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