Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

96 reviews

philli17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence, Incest, and Rape

erin52's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest, Drug use, Suicide, and Cancer

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cursing, Incest, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

preciouslittleingenue's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I defended this book while everyone else in sapphlit bashed it…and then I actually finished it. How absolutely stupid. I’ll copy what I said in sapphlit chat:

“It’s one of my least favorite cliches in crime of all time. They bury the lead so far that it really and truly comes out of nowhere. It’s not burying the lead if it actually makes no narrative sense”

“Sister Augustine showed NO signs of being unhinged like that. Like that isn’t just covering up crimes. She’s a NUN who BURNED PEOPLE ALIVE because she thought it was god’s will. People like that aren’t just functional in society and undetectable as sociopaths ”

I was seriously so annoyed. And why why why was SA used as a plot device twice. That’s one too many. I’d argue two too many, but people should be able to write about it if it’s something they’ve lived through. But it just felt…glorified. And like, way to spread the narrative that SA survivors turn into monsters/unmanageable psychos. 

There’s no explanation for why Holiday tried to help her escape instead of turning her in. So dumb. And then the grotesque ending? Unnecessary. Wish I didn’t finish.

But. Other than that. I enjoyed the vibes. Didn’t care for her “love interest”, again, she fed into the stereotype that bisexual women are just lesbians who cheat on their husbands with women. Not a fan of that, and I don’t feel sorry for either of them. They made their bed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Blood

erinoco's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Police brutality

thefavoritenpc's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Fire/Fire injury

kyliereads341's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Animal death, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

Moderate: Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Racism, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

jenabest's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

3.5 rounded up to 4. This was shockingly better than I expected it to be, plus the cover is absolutely stunning. Sister Holiday is a bundle of contradictions and tragedy, but she is a compelling narrator. I don't read many mysteries, so this was a refreshing change of pace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

brigettes's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Minor: Religious bigotry, Grief, and Vomit

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.25

I would read another in this series because the premise is interesting. I also appreciated the reveal. But it had a little much ultra-heavy hinting to the backstory until I wanted to scream "JUST TELL ME WHAT TO HECK HAPPENED TO YOU A FEW YEARS AGO GOD." I also felt like 7/8 of the book was kind of pressing forward and at a pretty slow pace and then the last 1/8 was really rushed and everything happened at once. Okay, and I also felt like the running themes and motifs were much farther on the smack-you-in-the-face side of the spectrum than the oh-i-could-see-that side. Also I think I wanted more fighting against god, but that's my personal issue. But I think it has potential! And I would listen to Mara Wilson read an ingredient list, and I'm not even kidding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Infidelity, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Incest, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, and Confinement

Please avoid if fire freaks you out!