Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

El encuadernador by Nieves Calvino Gutiérrez, Bridget Collins

65 reviews

anna_l's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Incest, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

partymccarty30's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

shenelle_h's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

misssurly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

brerreads's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book has some of the best plot twists I’ve ever read. And one that makes me want to reread it just to pick up all the pieces that I missed the first time. What a unique and fascinating book!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

laurenbaggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

adragoninspace's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense

3.25

Gros coup de cœur sur la couverture de cette édition de the borough press, j’ai dévoré le livre mais ça reste un 3 ou 3,5/5 en vrai. Je pensais qu’il y aurait plus de choses dans le récit autour des livres et de cet art du binding (en français ça parle « d’enlivreur » j’ai cru voir) qui permet d’effacer la mémoire d’une personne et l’enfermer dans un livre. En fait au cœur de ce livre c’est plutôt une histoire d’amour, une tragédie. Et même si ça arrive tard, une fois que c’est arrivé ça prend quasiment tout le livre et ne continue pas vraiment ce que le premier quart nous laissait penser que ce livre serait. J’aime bien ce genre de changement surprise mais comme je ne suis pas très romance j’étais un peu blasée. J’ai l’impression que je pourrai même spoiler en disant ça mais la plus grosse partie du roman parle de ça donc 🥲 
Quand même un bon roman qui a su me donner envie de continuer, bien écrit et prenant. Et qui prend cette idée d’extraction de mémoire et en montre les pires dérives possibles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Self harm

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Deportation

joonjxne's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sternfrl613's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.75

This was a tough read that opened a couple of wounds I didn't need opening. I only read it till the end because I needed a happy end, and thankfully received one that I can make peace with. 
LGBTQIA*, SA survivors and children of abusive families: check the content warnings before reading to make sure you're up to what you're getting here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Excrement