Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

6 reviews

calicat42's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

fauna's review

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I learned so much of my own feelings reading Enid’s internal monologue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, Infidelity, Stalking, Self harm, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Vomit, and Blood

gabi_c's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Stalking, Gore, Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

thekristinashow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Enid might be one of my fave book characters of all time. She’s quirky, obviously knows a lot of interesting facts about space, and to top it all off, she’s queer, deaf in one ear, and has a phobia of bald men and has no idea where it came from. 

The story follows Enid as she figures out her childhood trauma, leans into her friendships and dating life, and finally goes to therapy to get her shit straight. 

My only qualm is how quickly Enid experiences personal growth - it felt slightly rushed in the ending, but I found myself cheering for her as she found her voice.

Lots of trigger warnings, so check the label before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, and Blood

ashyq's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Ableism, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Grief, Vomit, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

The protagonist is obsessed with true crime podcasts and sometimes the novel has quotes from this podcasts with explicit details relating to the murders.

kerireadsbooks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Perfect in every single way. Emily Austin’s writing is just alive, there’s no other way for me to explain it. All of the characters, especially the narrator, are so lovable and easy to connect with. 

The characters are especially diverse, and I really loved the representation of people who struggle with mental illness, LGBTQIA+ people and their relationships, and those who are neurodivergent. 

I love the way this story approached our flaws as humans and how they (and trauma) affect us and aid in determining how we interact with the world around us. 

Endearing, heartwarming, reflective, AND funny??? Just beautiful. 5 stars. No notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Stalking, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Ableism, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, and Alcoholism