Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Goldilocks by L.R. Lam

10 reviews

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infidelity and Grief

loxeletters's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, and Lesbophobia

vee_the_tree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Infertility, Violence, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Mass/school shootings

hazel_georgene's review

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Not the book to read if looking for escapism but an interesting story if you aren’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This started quite promisingly but I was a bit disappointed by the end. I love Becky Chambers' and Andy Weir's books and I was hoping this would be similar but this is certainly not a fun space book. The premise was so interesting and I really wanted to get swept up in the story but it turned out to be quite slow paced considering how high the stakes are. I didn't feel connected to the characters so I didn't really care about the flashback chapters and the climax was a bit of a let down. There were parts I really enjoyed but overall it didn't come together for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

justbeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

geekberry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage

georgiesutton's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-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? No

4.5

I’m not sure I would have picked this up had it been sold to me as a book about travelling to another planet to escape earth because of climate change, instead I was told about the dynamics between the women on this ship. 
I still fundamentally disagree with the concept of investing in escaping earth instead of fixing it but I feel like this explored the topic in an interesting and entertaining g way and the human/emotional element was excellent. It was a gripping story with interesting but not necessarily likeable characters, and I liked the flip flopping of timelines. 

I feel like the book brought together a lot of interesting topics from space politics and social dynamics to pandemics and women’s rights. It’s set in space but it’s much more than a sci fi. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

pixieauthoress's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury