Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

58 reviews

pasavedra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Transphobia

abigailc0x's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Scary and graphic at times but scary in a good way - didn’t expect what was going to happen
also them describing children in that one bit made me extremely uncomfortable but like it was good to read and very interesting

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fatphobia

tigerlily800's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was my first time reading a short story collection and I honestly liked it more than I thought I would. It felt like urban legends passed around a high school, "did you hear of the kids who came back? Or Our Lady of the Quarry?" There were a few I wasn't a fan of, I felt they were too brash and coarse but that was the point of those stories so I won't fault them for that. I usually listen to audiobooks and rarely buy physical copies anymore but this is one that I have to own so I can reread my favorites and make annotations. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

zhazhadiamond's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Excrement, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia

booksarebrainfood's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

gcjay1994's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Transphobia

nicnevin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Short stories with a sinister edge, Enriquez writes of a vivid, dark modern world. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail