Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

58 reviews

sygritte's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

introverted_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Child death, Mental illness, Drug use, Body horror, Excrement, Sexual content, Suicide, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Medical content, Addiction, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Gun violence, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Rape, Vomit, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest, Lesbophobia, Ableism, Car accident, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Police brutality

bebex3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bumble_abi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

The mood of this collection is absolutely on point. The stories are dark and beautifully imagined and exactly the kind of gothic weird I'm into. I had hoped for a little more interiority - the collection flirts so much with the abject in really interesting ways but always from the outside - I wanted it from the inside too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, and Murder

agniwotts's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Suicide, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Gore, Excrement, Rape, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

badspringbye's review against another edition

dark mysterious

2.0

 I stumbled upon this collection that I thought was going to be a dark literary fiction novel but that was totally wrong. not even sure how can I describe this genre... magical realism? search up the trigger warnings and you’ll see. it’s not simply horror.

maybe the best way to explain this thing is to leave my ratings per section. here are the stories described in few words:

1. angelita unearthed - the rotting baby’s bone ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. our lady of the quarry - teenage insecurities & lust ⭐️
3. the cart - suspected curse from the poor old man ⭐️
4. the well - nightmares & the woman & the witch & evils & sacrifice & betrayal ⭐️
5. rambla triste - rotting smell of the ‘police city’; there was a shift. political matters mixed with horror stories based on true events? sick & twisted & I enjoyed this the most ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. the lookout - ? ⭐️
7. where are you, dear heart? - lust again; jane eyre; heartbeat obsession ⭐️⭐️
8. meat - musician and his album; cannibalism case ⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. no birthdays or baptisms - furrowed brows while I was reading the whole thing. thought it was just a disgusting porn but the open(?) ending left me confused and wanting to know more who was the ‘he’ ⭐️⭐️
10. kids who come back - missing kids ⭐️
11. the dangers of smoking in bed - ? ⭐️
12. back when we talked to the dead - scanned/mostly skipped because ouija plot wasn’t interesting at all ⭐️

at first I found no values with the stories. boring. then after fifth one, the content started to get better, but narration is still meh at times or maybe it was the translation. idk. this will give you everything you’ll least expect from the title and cover art. the last stories were weak though. overall, I think it’s better than my most recent horror-ish read (the houseguest and other stories). that one had a theme whereas this one’s more diverse, just not as gripping as I would like it to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Trafficking

mmirjamm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Medical content, and Violence

qqjj's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Body horror, Pedophilia, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Drug abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Abandonment

toffishay's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

All of these stories are really affecting. The characters feel so real and the fear can be very intense, but in a way that is so matter of fact that makes it all the more terrifying. My favorite stories were "Angelita Unearthed", "The Well", "The Lookout", and "Where Are You, Dear Heart?" If you like Ottessa Moshfegh, Shirley Jackson, Kelly Link, or Amber Sparks but want a little more of a horror leaning, then I think you will find something to enjoy from this collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Excrement, Murder, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Minor: Xenophobia, Abortion, and Miscarriage

tseth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Vomit