Reviews tagging 'Death'

In Flammen by Megha Majumdar

57 reviews

hammerhead69's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad 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

4.5

Beautifully written, tragic, and thought provoking. Not for anyone who needs a happy ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia

Moderate: Rape, Death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

Minor: Transphobia and Suicide

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Really quick read and some really interesting topics discussed but I really didn't connect to any of the characters and a lot of it fell flat for me. Didn't not enjoy just felt very meh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Transphobia, and Death

Minor: Animal death and Confinement

kelseak96's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Grief, Islamophobia, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Classism, and Confinement

ka_cam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

It took me a couple days to get into this book but once I got sucked in I read most of it in one day. Tense is one word, the depiction of corruption and betrayal was visceral at times. Sometimes the one-time interludes really added to the narrative and other times distracted from our primary characters. This book involves graphic depictions of religiously motivated violence and murder, as well as state sanctioned violence- definitely check the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Rape, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Body horror, Confinement, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief

bluejeepbaby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

laurenw's review against another edition

reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, and Excrement

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Transphobia

ivegotnoshelfcontrol's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Though I liked this book, it felt so heavy. I found myself anxious to pick it up because I didn't want to hold the weight of the words inside. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

katielouisef's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

0.5

Jivan is arrested for a crime she didn’t commit but everyone believes she did it. From Kolkata to the slums of Kolabagan, the future seems to be cut short by political corruption and anti-Muslim hate.

I honestly am lost for words with this book.

A truly disappointing read. In less than 20 pages, we have a meagre introduction, an acting class, a terrorist attack, an arrest, a judge appearance, another character talking about a relationship and a sentencing.

Despite covering an important theme about the treatment of Muslims in India it merely glosses over that treatment. When writing about such topics in a fictional setting it really needs to be done well or just not at all in my opinion.

<Spoiler>  - the death of two characters were covered in less than a page.’ <Spoiler> 

Jivan, despite being a victim of a corrupted government has very few redeemable qualities and is her ignorance shines when she doesn’t want to hear about the other inmates stories. Needless to say she would’ve learned a few things had she listened.

It’s such a shame about the poor plot and execution of the book especially given as it’s such an important topic to talk about. I will however try and find some more on similar topics to read instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Police brutality and Racism

michelarod's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-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: Violence

Moderate: Death, Murder, Rape, Transphobia, and Islamophobia