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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

31 reviews

introverted_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Child death, Mental illness, Drug use, Body horror, Excrement, Sexual content, Suicide, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Medical content, Addiction, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Gun violence, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Rape, Vomit, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest, Lesbophobia, Ableism, Car accident, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Police brutality

bebex3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

scottyreadsstuff's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I’m impressed with this collection of short stories! They felt a lot like Edgar Allan Poe, but with a more modern twist! Solid 4/5, I’ll have to check out more of Mariana Enriquez’s writing and Argentinean literature in general :) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia

lk3ssaf's review against another edition

dark

3.75

This was a collection of short stories that bordered on horror and surrealism. I liked them, and my favorites were "Our Lady of the Quarry," "Meat," and "Back When We Talked to the Dead."

A warning to those who want to read this collection: one of the stories near the end did refer to trans people using a deragotary term, I'm not sure if this was due to the translation or if it were intentional. These stories were explicit, with mentions of sex, gore, blood, violence, etc 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual assault, Drug use, Self harm, Pedophilia, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Gore

erin2802's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Self harm, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Excrement, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

livbeveridge's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Trafficking

booksarebrainfood's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Sexual content

saestrah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

Mariana Enríquez’s The Dangers of Smoking in Bed blends horror with the magical realism genre that Latin American literature is often associated with. The stories are left open ended, which invites readers to imagine an even more gruesome ending than the author may have initially envisioned. One aspect of the collection that I loved was the tangential nature of storytelling from the grandmothers and mothers in the stories, who often express their feelings through folktales and suspicion. There's a contrast between these older female characters with the younger female protagonists, as while the collection isn’t one of coming of age tales, the younger protagonists are often new to the world and are exploring things for the first time in their life. I found that in Our Lady of the Quarry in particular, the naïvity of the younger girls and the rush of their first crush on Diego creates a tangible and insidious obsession in the narrative that a more mature and wise protagonist wouldn’t as effectively portray.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Transphobia and Trafficking

Minor: Kidnapping

gcjay1994's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

nicnevin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Short stories with a sinister edge, Enriquez writes of a vivid, dark modern world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit