Reviews tagging 'Death'

Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego by Mariana Enríquez

89 reviews

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Sexual violence, Sexism, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Vomit, Violence, Transphobia, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Fatphobia

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

This book fucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Self harm, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Rape

savvylit's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

In reviews, Mariana Enriquez is often compared to Shirley Jackson. After reading Things We Lost in the Fire, I could easily see the merit in that comparison. Like Jackson, Enriquez subtly inserts just a touch of horror into everyday scenarios. This serves to remind readers that often the scariest things in life are our own minds or other people.

What makes Enriquez wholly unique, though, is her specific settings. Enriquez weaves Argentinian politics and culture into each of her stories. Oppression in particular is peppered throughout this collection in multiple passing mentions. Again, the casual nature of the unsettling events in this collection - which are fully based in reality - reminds readers that our own everyday lives can be horrific if we just look hard enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

danycatreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Una colección de cuentos muy difícil de leer en el mejor sentido posible. Muchos cuentos de terror clásico como casas abandonadas, o apariciones y desapariciones repentinas, pero lo que une a todo el libro son las voces de mujeres, creando personajes difíciles y complejos. No todos los cuentos me encantaron, pero comprendo a lo que la autora quería llegar, y para mí eso es suficiente. Están hechos con tanta delicadeza que no puedo darle otro rating que no sea casi cinco estrellas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Medical trauma, Classism, Medical content, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Mental illness, Hate crime, Death, Gore, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Grief, and Fatphobia

ahnminjim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Violence, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, and Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Abortion

Minor: Trafficking, Ableism, Eating disorder, and Rape

missdaisyanna's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

Gruesome. Properly grim. Made me grimace while I read it. Exactly what I was hoping it would do! I do wish some of them ended a little more closed than they did, less open-ended, open to interpretation, but otherwise just what I was looking for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Addiction, Alcohol, and Death

diana_barv's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

No tengo idea de cómo empezar esta reseña. La narración es una joya, de eso no hay duda. Es clara y vívida, te atrae y atrapa a pesar del contenido. O tal vez precisamente por el contenido de las historias. Me dieron escalofríos, asco y miedo y aún así no podía dejar de leer. No la clase de libro con el que planeaba empezar el mes del pride, pero no me dio tiempo terminarlo en mayo. Al ser una antología no todos los cuentos fueron igual de buenos pero en su totalidad fue una cosa bárbara. Hubo unos que realmente me causaron emociones muy viscerales. Ponerle una calificación fue toda una deliveración pero 3.5 me parece suficiente, no porque sea malo sino porque no es la clase d e libro que me gusta y honestamente no sé porqué lo agarré en primer lugar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction

margztgz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm so stunned by this book I don't even know where to start. This is definitely one of the best short story collections I've ever read; every story was good. Every word uttered and story included was necessary and spellbinding. Mariana Enriquez knows how to capture the gothic and grotesque, and mixes it with scenes of Buenos Aires and the underbelly of society and suffering in a really interesting way. I became attached quickly to all of the characters, and intrigued yet horrified by many of the scenes. Definitely one of my favorite reads this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Suicide, and Violence

priyas's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Rape

Minor: Eating disorder, Ableism, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The best collection of the best short stories I've ever read! Going into the book I didn't know what to expect nor did I have high expectations, but damn did this book prove me wrong in the most cursed, yet oddly beautiful way. Wouldn't recommend this for the most sensitive people, but if you're not easily distubed by the darker side of human lives, try this out! I've never visited Buenos Aires or anywhere similar, but I'd say I got a very authentic Argentina experience just from reading this book. As in, it was so well-written that it was easy for a total foreigner like me to imagine all the surroundings, even smell the scents or hear the songs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Sexism