Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Flowers of Darkness by Tatiana de Rosnay

1 review

cheye13's review

mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.0

A very interesting and subtly ominous literary piece. Also incredibly prescient and timely. I would have liked a little more of something, but not everything. Maybe a little more lean-in to the language, or a little more focus on the nature and merit of art, or a little more focus on the building overseers. There were a lotta great pieces of the narrative that built a cool overall work, but I think I would've liked one topic to sorta spearhead the work.

Really pensive and subtle story, one to keep thinking about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death and Mental illness

more minor warnings: gaslighting and stalking in the context of voyeurism and conspiracy (also vague paranoia); discussion of climate disasters & mass death events; graphic depiction of suffering through a heat wave (heat sickness?); discussions of hypnosis; I briefly feared a subplot would turn transphobic, but it does not; if you're picking up on the vibes I did, don't be concerned.