Reviews tagging 'Death'

Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

7 reviews

tori_ishhh's review

4.5

This is a memorable book that will be on my mind for a while, I know it. Rita’s disconnect to her culture and family, feeling separate from everything and everyone, while deeply longing for connection are all too familiar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

lillyklymiuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death and Grief

mossybookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

lush and beautiful. i really liked the focus on nature's cycles and how grief and nature and life and death are all connected and all inform each other. i liked the framing with the art pieces, but thought the end was a little rushed/thesis-statement-y - but frankly i resonate with the thesis statement so whole heartedly it gets a pass. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Self harm

alanahcw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

 Incredible. A story of grief and healing that is at once haunting, powerful, and beautiful. I'm not usually a horror reader, and am so thankful I was given the chance to read this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse

dolores_lola's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

bookishbyjennaavh's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.25

I was deeply excited for this book but this was a major let down. If I drank everytime she used an analogy or a metaphor I would have died of alcohol poisoning. 
There was so many words and so little said! There was no plot. It was supposed to be about grief but we spent most of the time describing the taste of the horizon and our relationship with our girlfriend. This would have made more sense if it was in first person. It being in third really did a detriment to the story and the character. She was confusing and unlikable because you couldn’t understand her thinking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Vomit, and Medical trauma

wchereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

5.0

Being immersed in this book was a journey. There were some really dark and devastating moments but the visuals were absolutely breathtaking. The prose is beautiful and dreamlike, and the eMOTIONAL DAMAG- I mean impact is profound. For a relatively short novella, I took a lot of time reading and rereading certain passages, and wished I had a physical copy to annotate. It is a heavy but ultimately hopeful tale about accepting death as part of life, nature and self, moving on with - not from - grief, and loving oneself and life as they are. It can be a triggering read for individuals struggling with grief and suicidal ideation, but if one can take care of oneself and go through the story at their own pace, I think this book is absolutely worth anyone's time.

"It's easier to carry this understanding [of death/grief] with us as we go, to stop ignoring it and pretending it will never happen - because this pretending is part of what makes each loss devastate us so totally."

"When we lose someone, we are forced into the deeply lonely experience of disillusion alongside the terrible fact of our loss... we must instead wade every day into our understanding of death and how death creates meaning."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse