Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton

9 reviews

willow_the_wisp's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

drekklin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Gripping, emotionally devastating — hey, listen. I know these words are thrown around for novels like this, but it’s true! The whole last 100 pages had my eyes swelling, with that painful hum of oncoming tears behind them. It’s a well-written, creepy, tense book that has a delicate heart underpinning everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content and Abandonment

kelseyke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

vamp1reslayr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

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, Murder, and Abandonment

rainysundaybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

balagapiragua's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

This book genuinely surprised me. I'm not entirely sure what I expected, but it wasn't to be holding back tears at work. Emma is such a good main character. You hate her and love her on every page. 

I'll never recover for the love I have for Earl.

One of my biggest pet peeves for books is when children speak like adults. The book falls into this a few times, but it's such a bizarre story and tone that I barely cared. Every content warning you can imagine, so proceed with caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, and Car accident

jadams89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

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

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

Minor: Animal death and Abortion