Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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17 reviews

aliceloyallaleon's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Stalking, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, War, Biphobia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Self harm

stareaten's review

dark sad medium-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

2.25

the thing about this is, this was advertised to me as a fucked up horror, so i spent a good portion of this book waiting for something vaguely paranormal to happen. but as it turns out, it is an exploration of the effect which longer exposure to virtual violence might have on our psyche as well as a short look into unhealthy relationships. so I definitely was not prepared for this type of story and for me it was just depressive, i feel like some depictions of violence were unnecessary and thrown in for shock value, and the ending kind of felt abrupt. i usually love it when stories don't spell out everything for us and make us connect some things on our own, but this one felt like the whole fuss at the beginning was too much and the lawsuit was actually not connected to what the protagonist did. that being said, it is apparently based on real things that happened in similar work places and i don't want to go into spoilers so i just want to say if you want a story about how bleak people can get when exposed to terrible environment, this is a good meditative piece.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Antisemitism

danithezombie's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Alcohol, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Gore

josiee's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Excrement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Addiction, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Rape, Sexism, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Transphobia, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicide attempt

sarah984's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

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

3.0

Blistering little novel about being a content moderator for a major social media platform. The workplace environment felt realistic to me, and the way the characters spiral into strange behaviours because of what they're seeing every day make sense to me (especially the way they find themselves talking about real world scenarios as if they're videos they're watching for work).

I docked a star because I think the ending was a bit silly - it would have been stronger ending on the parking lot scene with the phone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racial slurs, Bullying, Child death, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, and Suicide

rionstorm's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Definitely check the trigger warnings for this one. Parts of it are predictably difficult to read, especially some of the descriptions of gore (although they are brief). 

The most interesting part of this book to me is the insight it gives into how content moderation affects the people who do it - both in terms of the impact on their mental health, and in terms of some of the material they are viewing 

having the intended radicalizing or desensitizing effect, even if they're not someone who is coming across the material organically.

I thought it was also quite interesting to see how the material being viewed affected each person,

for example how the others' antisemetic radicalization was incomprehensible to Kayleigh, even as she was herself being desensitized to sexual violence to the point of possibly re-enacting it, seemingly without any self awareness.

If you're interested in the consequences of the growing volume and consumption of difficult material on the internet, online radicalization, or the way trauma is increasingly built into the experience of someone who uses the internet, you might like this book. Be warned though, it's pretty grim the whole way through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Animal death, Antisemitism, Genocide, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Islamophobia, and Bullying

scheller_bg31's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Antisemitism, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Eating disorder, Excrement, Homophobia, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, and Violence

loongbooy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Antisemitism, Self harm, Homophobia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Blood, Sexual content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Body shaming, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Stalking

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Misogyny, Medical content, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Murder, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Death, Antisemitism, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Animal death, Sexual assault, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Drug use, Lesbophobia, and Body horror

owlribbon's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gaslighting, Animal death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, and War