Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Notte americana by Marisha Pessl

13 reviews

batcaves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

An ending just ambiguous enough to really make the novel great. Are the questions really answered or  ???

idk, this was an interesting read. Long, but it wouldn't have been as satisfying shorter. I saw someone put this on a list of books they weren't smart enough to read, and I kinda get why. There're layers here, but it's enjoyable even at a high level.

Characters annoyed me at first, but they grew on me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

kristareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child death and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

nostoat's review against another edition

3.0

Here's the thing. I don't think this book was good but it was extremely compelling, and the elements of mixed media were fun. However. The main character is weirdly misogynistic, considering this book was written by a woman as far as I can tell, and there's also casual racism sprinkled throughout. The narrative voice wasn't off-putting enough that I DNF'd but it did have me constantly looking at the back flap to be SURE it wasn't written by a man because of the constant misogyny. And the way the book flirted with "the inherent madness of genius" and all of that bullshit. It was compelling though....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Terminal illness

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

philomathean's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

ro_lux's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, and Transphobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism

limina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

I LOVED this book. It reminded me of many others, but especially Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. I was totally engrossed. Fun Fact- there's bonus material on the author's website. At the end of the book it mentions an app but it appears to be defunct. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

treereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer