Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Night – Nacht der Angst by Riley Sager

87 reviews

larareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

kaneebli's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Vomit, and War

rat_girly's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I found the plot somehow both outrageous and somewhat predictable, but it was a tense and enjoyable read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

sohare1981's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

achay91's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

klaratogsverdj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This is by no means the best book I’ve ever read, but boy, was I entertained! I read it in a single day because I simply couldn’t put it down. A quick and fun (though dark) read which will keep you on your toes, even if the book has some flaws.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

gwenswoons's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

Christ. I’m on a bit of a roll picking a handful of awful audiobooks. This is slow, repetitive, and trite, aside from being sexist and body-gory for fun (I guess??) rather than any plot or structural reasons. I thought it was kind of run-of-the-mill bad for most of the book and then the ending was so cutesy and pasted on - like putting rom-com lipstick on a garbage-book pig. Truly not good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

brisievenpiper's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

marissa_nancy_nicole's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Charlie, our main character, is not like the other girls. No, Charlie is way dumber. In fact she is so stupid that only a man could have written her. I mean what woman in the universe would get into a car with a total stranger to drive through an isolated mountain area in the middle of the night, and only hours into the drive stops to consider that this man might want to rape or murder her? Let alone what woman whose roommate was murdered mere weeks ago by a so called 'campus killer' who she knows is still on the loose? After he's been basically given her hints the whole time that he is a shady bastard? She didn't check his license plate??

What started as a mediocre thriller with a decent premise took absolutely ridiculous turns in the second half. And not in a fun way. The story could have been ridiculous but thrilling, with the opportunity for an interesting cat and mouse game. But the writing is just lazy, the plot twists make no sense, the bad guys are laughable, and the final ending... I don't wanna spoil it, but let's just say Charlie went all in for the grand finale of stupid, stupid life choices.

This was my second Riley Sager book and it was even worse than Final Girls, so I think I should just call it quits.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent