Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Bläckhjärta by Gunilla Borén, Cornelia Funke

22 reviews

atthelibrarywithmegan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Blood

insanebookperson's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.5

If you're not a booklover, as in, someone who loves both the content and physical presence of books, this wasn't written for you. If you are, reading this will be like your dream come to life. The idea is original, well carried-out, heartwarming and heartstopping at times, and just altogether cozy in an adventurous, high-stakes sort of way. It has some of my favorite characters of all time. The only less-than ideal moments come from some scenes that are a bit too slow due to plot points that don't lend themselves to very interesting possibilities, but none of them are worth docking a whole star. 

Many people label this as elementary fiction, but in my opinion, it falls under a handful of books that I understand to be disconnected when it comes to content versus writing style verses perspective. Perspective-wise, sure we can call this elementary. But the way it's written is more teen, and the principles are more young-adult-oriented, only increasing in books 2 & 3. 

Altogether a favorite read of mine.

I don't factor performance into auidiobooks, but I'd give Lynn Redgrave a 4/5 stars. Her narration is very good, but her dialogue isn't varied enough to be engaging, and when it is, some of the voices can come off as overdone or even annoying.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

All of these are either barely mentioned or just alluded to. Very minor stuff.

kryolitee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexism and Murder

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Well written, with characters impossible to not get attached to. It's been a hot minute since I've read this series, and it's still as fun as I remembered.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

niaoliver's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body shaming

yonderlymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

_throne_of_books_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism

Though I didn’t expect to like the book as much I did, given that I’ve read a few other series with a very similar premise (“Pages and Co.”, by Anna James, and “Story Thieves”, by James Riley, to name two), i surprised myself by enjoying this book very much, and i even plan on reading the sequel soon! (I also now realize that “Inkheart”, is one of the blueprints for the stories i’ve mentioned above lol)