Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

34 reviews

readingelli's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

bookishcori's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

epeolatri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

growintogardens's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I got confused a few times because of the different names and nicknames. I had most of it figured out before the reveal, but the big one did get me. It's very much a plot driven kind of book. The writing is a bit stilted sometimes, but that might be just because it's translated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief, Vomit, and Suicide

fraise's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Child death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Firstly, maybe it was the translation, but the phrasing and manner of speaking in this book felt so Japanese. Not in a distracting or bad way, just noticeably.

This book is Japanese And Then There Were None, like explicitly so. The similarities to Agatha Christie's book is intentional and spoken about repeatedly. I love that for this book.

Like, an Agatha Christie novel, I definitely did not predict the ending. But it wasn't jarring or twisty. Just a matter of cleverly disguised identity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Murder

samanthaleereads'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Sexism

hanniquinn's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

I REALLY enjoyed reading this. There were definitely parts I didn’t care about as much and some things that I felt were a bit underwhelming but overall I had a lot of fun reading this and I really recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, and Death of parent

blakeandbooks's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

kimtazo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Death, Suicide, Blood, Alcohol, and Violence