Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang

3 reviews

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

2.25

The book had an interesting premise and Ruying's character as a concept could've been interesting, too, but the execution wasn't even middling at best. The writing was clunky, repetitive, and languid despite Chang's efforts to give it lyrical vigor and the pacing was stagnant. So many chunks of this book were just long expository dialogue chapters, and other multiple telling not showing paragraphs to the point I got increasingly unmotivated to pick up reading it again from when I left off. I also think the romantic angle from the Antony and Ruying relationship was unnecessary and the time spent on that could've been used on much needed actual character development shown on page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, War, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Torture, Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Medical trauma

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

the writing is so circular and confusing at the same time and i just can not read anymore of it. i have been trying to read it for a month and it’s just not happening, i’m sorry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism, War, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Racism