Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

25 reviews

lizacorn's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

cococorycollins's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

whatzoreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

opplecopter's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

gabgon2597's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

exlibrisphoebe's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Excrement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol

dezaraemd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and War

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Dark, painful and intense. A venture into the depravity that lies just under the surface of humanity, and can be drawn out when there's the temptation of getting away with it. Only slight downside is the sheer number of names that are used for repeating characters. Absolutely LOVED this read.

Edit: 5 stars. Whenever anyone asks me to recommend a book I mention this. It's only fair to give it 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and War

skillwithaquill's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A brutal tale told through “interviews” with a “reporter”, a creative choice that made each chapter a little mystery. Many unreliable narrators & their shifting perspectives kept me invested & intrigued the whole read. The gore is definitely present, but not overdone or used for cheap shock value. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

Other content warnings: amputation, crowd crush, paranoia, severed limbs, decapitation, fourth-wall break, ptsd, flooding, threat of sexual violence, claustrophobia.

gnathan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was a good read and had potential to be an amazing one. However, the repetitive character traits throughout the different people and the author'  desire to build suspense and mystery felt guided and a little cliche.  On the plus side I enjoyed the world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury