Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

32 reviews

emily_mh's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol

Major: sick parent, missing loved one Moderate: arson Minor: bombing, drowning

alsoiread's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Colonisation

Minor: Drug use, Police brutality, Cannibalism

librarybookscene's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, Classism

cheyisvibing's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious tense

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

Police brutality does not happen to main characters, but the police do sniff around the MC and it is obviously a concern. There is a mention of an off page event of police brutality involving guns.

zoe_o_'s review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Police brutality

kendallofavonlea's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

kcelena's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense fast-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

willowmae's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Classism

sarah984's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book had a lot of potential and I think a lot of the things the author was aiming to do were admirable, but overall it did not work for me.

The game and the characters who disappear playing it are surprisingly unimportant to the plot - the rules are broken all the time and it never really seems to matter that much. Sometimes they didn't even seem to notice:

Raquel never managed to follow the flip a coin three times rule and that never even comes up.

Some tricks don't work until they do, or only work when it's convenient for the plot, and some solutions felt pretty far fetched. The romance felt a bit rushed and silly (Raquel can't even explain what she likes about her) considering everything else going on, and the love triangle plotlines all felt pointless. Most of the characters didn't really have much personality in that they were all very similar to each other, so it was hard to get that invested in them.

The basic storyline idea and what the author is trying to communicate about the importance of community organizing are good, unfortunately I just didn't feel that they were very well executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Police brutality, Cannibalism

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Blood, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Cannibalism

Minor: Outing