Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

4 reviews

eternallyunsatisfied's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

cheye13's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Gave me exactly what I wanted and expected from it. A quintessential YA horror/thriller. The reviews complaining about the demon turn the story takes missed some very heavy-handed "hints" (they were direct statements) early in the book.

Initially I was uncomfortable with the depiction of sociopathy, but as the story carried on and it seemed more intentional, it made more sense. I can't claim that it's good sociopathy representation, especially given the year it was published, but at the very least it seemed more sensitive than offhand comments that are still tossed around nowadays.

Honestly, I didn't expect that this series would be for me, but I'm now considering continuing, especially if I can get ahold of audiobooks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Ableism, Blood, Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Self harm, Abandonment, and Bullying

ableism about psychotic/sociopathic disorders, both external and internal; a couple brief but detailed scenes of voyuerism; extremely detailed scenes of mortuary business/handling of corpses

rhythmofryn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, and Gun violence

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Death, Torture, and Bullying