Reviews tagging 'Death'

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman

11 reviews

lancemama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Classism, and Alcohol

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism and Incest

annamorgan27's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug use, Murder, Death, Gore, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

eli99's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I love almost all of these short stories so much! Normally in a collection of short stories there are some flops but these were so good. I went in on it a little blind so I wasn't expecting some of them to be a tad sexual. It was a good surprise I'd say. The one I liked the least was the last story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Sexual assault

arlingtonchamberofgay's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Death

rachelita's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Death

peeshpish's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A bunch of short stories, mostly dark, some with the intent to be scary & others more emotional. A few are funny, too. Many of the characters are dealing with loneliness, & most are men. Some are told where the author is the main character. The story settings vary in how much they take place in reality vs fantasy, often combining the two (at least one is set in a fantasy world & many incorporate well known myths, folk/fairytales, and other authors’ fantasy/sci-fi works.) The forward has a short story of its own & small tidbits explaining his thoughts behind each story, so don’t skip it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Drug use, Transphobia, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness

Minor: Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

jessthanthree'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, and Murder

linw21's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked the first stories and the last ones. The middle ones I didn’t enjoy as much but I may have to revisit them another time. Not my favourite but still good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, and Body horror

alanafiuza's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity and Violence

Minor: Abortion and Death