Reviews tagging 'Death'

Tinfoil Butterfly: A Novel by Rachel Eve Moulton

4 reviews

grrreeennn's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Self harm, Death, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child abuse

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Blood, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Toxic friendship

briarsreviews's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

Scary. Thrilling. Intriguing.

Emma is hitchhiking her way to a better place after horrific violence and a tragic life. She stumbles upon a nasty stranger and barely escapes. She finds herself in an abandoned town where a young boy in a tinfoil mask named Earl greets her. They form a friendship, but Earl's strange and horrific life begins to mirror Emma's... Now, if only the two of them can get out alive.

This book is a thrill ride packed with violent horror and mystery. I was glued to this book and wanted to see if Emma and Earl got the life they deserved (a much better one). Rachel Eve Moulton has quite the skill in writing these believable and empathetic characters. I felt so hard for their struggles, but I was happy they found each other.

Bonus points for weaving honest LGBTQ+ representation into the story and not making it a plot point.

Four out of five stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, and Murder

julieuh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

a weird book narrated by a deeply unlikeable character! this didn't quite hit for me but I appreciate the intensity
(and I'm glad I read it so I don't have that eye looking at me from my tbr anymore)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Transphobia

Minor: Abortion and Animal death