Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

17 reviews

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

1.5

I didn't like this at all. I don't know why I finished it. Stubborn I guess.

For one, I just couldn't relate with Erin at all. Her psychotic dependence on Silas was annoying and inexplicable. I understand it's a commentary on addiction, but all the characters just sucked so much.

Also, the author has a choking fetish or something because, boy howdy, did they use the word "throat" excessively and repeatedly depict and describe choking.

Final word, it was upsetting and not worth the message. idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Confinement, Death, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

akusdogs'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The concept of the story is intriguing enough to make you want to read it… and that’s it. Sadly the characters are all insufferable with no real sense of commitment to anyone but themselves. The plot becomes messy about halfway through. It is a spooky read with some good descriptions of horror and body horror sprinkled in, however those descriptions can’t save the book. The ending is entirely chaotic and anti-climatic at the same time. It’s disappointing. I really wanted to love this book because the concept is so interesting and had potential to be an incredibly moving storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

this book is crazy. it feels like a fever dream to read. the characters are all pretty insufferable but luckily it didn’t ruin the experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Medical content

l_piller's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Cannibalism

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Though I enjoyed the process of reading this book, I'm not sure what to make of it coming out the other side. There are so many different themes throughout that I'm just not sure where to land on the point of the book being, and I'm not sure if it knows itself either. Didn't make it a bad experience for me by any means, but I just didnt get that "aha!" moment of realizing how everything connects and the meaning of it. Was this a metaphor for addiction in general? An autonomous fungus taking over? Actual ghosts at the heart of everything? Not sure. But I enjoyed the process. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Cannibalism, Death, Vomit, Body horror, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Gore, Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

jaylee_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Drug abuse, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abortion

jourdanicus's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Took me forever to get through the last 9-10% of this book, I guess by that point I just didn't care anymore. I do think it was a good story and had a lot of strengths. For me, the drug addiction analogy/"lesson" was too literal, though. The pauses with italicized text that I took to be Erin's intrusive thoughts felt kinda cheesy, and took me out of reading rather than immersing me more in Erin's point of view.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is into "sporror" (mushroom horror), as I can see it is a must-read in that canon. I think this one was just not for me, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

voilajean's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Slavery and Racism

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It gave off What Moves the Dead and Mexican Gothic vibes, but still a good morbid read. Didn’t care for any of the characters though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Vomit, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Car accident

Minor: Child death, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Slavery, and Racism