Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

74 reviews

thehmkane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

A very good and important book. While I enjoyed Due's prose, I felt like the pacing took much of the urgency out of the story - the climax moves at a good clip, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Genocide, Abandonment, Bullying, Torture, Hate crime, Gore, Racism, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Blood, Terminal illness, Grief, Police brutality, Child abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Medical content, Rape, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Pedophilia

samburkhouse's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

disguisedposer's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I thought this book was a horror story, and it was, but not because of the ghosts in it. It's a truly horrible story of the treatment of Black boys incarcerated at a reform school in the American south in the 1950s. It is fiction, but sounded all too real. I did a mix of reading and listening. It was beautifully written, and I absolutely adored the narrator of the audiobook even though I usually detest audiobooks. This is one that's going to stick with me for quite some time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

erin_l's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Racism, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Pedophilia

tomellibee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Violence, Torture, Confinement, Grief, Racial slurs, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Death, Slavery, Vomit, Gore, Child death, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

aliciawithoutkeys's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Murder, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: Vomit, Rape, Child death, and Death of parent

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Child death, Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

eclipse799's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cancer, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, War, and Hate crime

orizenda's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

wow. definitely not an easy read, but such a worthwhile one. I’m going to be thinking about this one for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Child death

danahh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Death, Racism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Rape, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Police brutality