Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories, by Mariana Enríquez

65 reviews

maisiehcrb's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Pedophilia, Gore, and Sexual violence

franzys_whip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Blood, Gore, Ableism, Death, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Body horror, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Excrement, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Classism, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Minor: Grief

It's...definitely a lot, but I swear this book is so good beyond all that

themadbloodstone's review

dark reflective medium-paced

3.5

Disturbing enough to be entertaining, but a bit confusing. I understand that not explaining things is what makes plots and characters and creatures scary, but leaving the reader with too many unanswered questions and abrupt endings gets a little annoying.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicide

mayze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A collection of short stories, all well written, some of course better than others. I just wished the meaning behind was a bit more obvious

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Blood, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Addiction, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and Suicide attempt

loomon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The writing style is irreverent and addictive. Great for getting out of a reading slump. Loved it :)

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia and Suicide

Minor: Transphobia

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Stalking, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

emmalouisereads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I think, as with most short stories, some stories you enjoy and others just aren’t. 

Many of these stories were only about 10 pages which I think is just not long enough for me to get invested.  

I preferred the stories that were a little creepy, especially the longest story in the book ‘the kids who came back’. I didn’t particularly enjoy the stories that weren’t scary and instead were just absolutely vile (on purpose I’m sure). I had to take breaks between stories as some turned my stomach. So, if that’s what you’re looking for - this is the short story collection for you! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cannibalism, Suicide, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

alicemelvin's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Self harm, and Suicide

trishalah_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, and Child death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicide, and Cannibalism

Minor: Transphobia

bethsreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/injury detail, Child death, Death, Excrement, Child abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Transphobia, and Eating disorder