Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James

8 reviews

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Classism, Murder, Rape, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

sonygaystation'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? It's complicated

3.75

You know what! Maddy Clare did nothing wrong

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual content, Violence, War, Cursing, and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement, Grief, Alcohol, Gun violence, Medical content, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Stalking

kat_rowlen's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Spooky and atmospheric thriller. The story is definitely engaging but there were a few things that didn’t add up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Rape

chapterobsessed's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Thank goodness for audiobooks. I would have DNF the physical. 

This was a snoozer. 😴😴😴

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism

_readrateandrepeat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Suicide, and War

neniacorcoran's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, and Rape

_bookishbrina's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Rating: 3,75 (the romance was a bit too sappy for my taste)

book genre: paranormal, suspens, ghost story
pace: medium-fast
storyline: ★★★★✩
characters: ★★★✩✩
character development: ★★★✩✩
writing: ★★★★✩
diversity: ★★★✩✩
attention to detail: ★★★★✩
ending: ★★★★✩ (I found it satisfying!)
originality: ★★★★✩
is there smut? yes
if yes, quality of the smut: meh, kind of classic, emotional and boring

I really good read for October let's say! Just spooky enough, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War