Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

21 reviews

gabgon2597's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Body horror, Child death, Bullying, Gore, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

exlibrisphoebe's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Confinement, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Grief, Sexual content, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

dezaraemd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Colonisation, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: War, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Misogyny, Stalking, and Sexual content

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

Wow. Dark, painful and intense. A venture into the depravity that lies just under the surface of humanity, and can be drawn out when there's the temptation of getting away with it. Only slight downside is the sheer number of names that are used for repeating characters. Absolutely LOVED this read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Gun violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Vomit

Minor: Suicide, War, Torture, Cannibalism, Drug use, Violence, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Animal death

skillwithaquill's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A brutal tale told through “interviews” with a “reporter”, a creative choice that made each chapter a little mystery. Many unreliable narrators & their shifting perspectives kept me invested & intrigued the whole read. The gore is definitely present, but not overdone or used for cheap shock value. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Gun violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Excrement

Other content warnings: amputation, crowd crush, paranoia, severed limbs, decapitation, fourth-wall break, ptsd, flooding, threat of sexual violence, claustrophobia.

gnathan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was a good read and had potential to be an amazing one. However, the repetitive character traits throughout the different people and the author'  desire to build suspense and mystery felt guided and a little cliche.  On the plus side I enjoyed the world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Gun violence

cassie_04's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Rape, Drug abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Misogyny, Blood, Drug use, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Torture

yvo_about_books's review against another edition

3.75

 Finished reading: November 3rd 2023

“To think our young people are capable of what we saw chills the blood for a very long time.”

It's true that I don't tend to read a lot of proper horror titles, but I saw Fantasticland mentioned and I couldn't resist adding it to my TBR. I have a weak spot for an amusement park setting, and there was just something about this premise that sounded both terrifying and absolutely fascinating. I have to say this before I continue though: this book isn't for everyone and you definitely have to suspend your disbelief to be able to get a positive reading experience. If you are able to do that, make sure to brace yourself for a extremely twisted ride! Seriously, this basically reads like Lord Of The Flies on acid, but set in an amusement park after a hurricane hits. I wasn't expecting the non fiction vibe of this story though; Fantasticland is written in a way that makes you feel like you are reading the result of an investigation by a journalist. This journalist helps narrate the story, although the plot mainly consists in first-person accounts of people present at the park. The interviews are presented in a way that slowly reveals just how bad things got before they were finally rescued... And boy, things get properly twisted and graphic long before that final page. Torture, mutilation and even cannibalism; nothing is too much in this story. What I did find a bit lacking was the explanation of how things escalated so quickly after the hurricane hit... I was expecting something more elaborated, or at least more of an answer to that question. That said, I can't deny that this was a perfect Halloween read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Stalking, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Bullying, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, War, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Torture

averagesparrow's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Blood, Child death, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Torture, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

that_cow_girl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is fucking CRAZY! I didn’t think I’d be a fan of the format but it was very easy to pick up and read. The author was amazing with all of the different characters and SO MUCH HAPPENING!! my jaw dropped at certain points and I was thoroughly invested. I couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Cannibalism