Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

40 reviews

zoevjester's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

This is the second time I've read Girls 1. You can tell immediately when your read it that the author poured their heart and soul into the story, and it shows. The diversity is a breath of fresh air, the characters and the story, while dark, is woven and told with such care that my heart breaks. Lei is a brilliant character and her story, so very similar to some people's reality, is a reminder to live despite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Blood, Kidnapping, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cakeylu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I fell in love with this book immediately. The world building and lore are solid and brilliantly written; the characters feel like complex, whole people who really inhabit this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

almoore5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I’ve had this book on my radar since I started watching booktok and no one told me how drained I would feel after.

I liked the authors writing style and the pacing of elements was good, but this book was traumatic and there was little to no reprieve.

I appreciate the author putting trigger warnings before her story to warn readers, but no one tells you how graphic the SA scenes get. I was enjoying the story in the first part (about 100 pages) but then it got to be too much for me.

I felt like many of the characters and world were underdeveloped and the only time I enjoyed this book was during the romance of Lei and Wren

The plot in itself is vague and kind of predictable, but other than that I kept thinking so many times as I read this how can this be marketed as YA?

The amount of times I was deeply disturbed from this book and had to take multiple breaks was astounding because that is how dark and truly horrible this reading experience was for me.

I know abuse is an important part in stories and highlighting it in stories is sometimes needed and important, but with this it felt cruel and unnecessary

I kept thinking to myself how could a teenager read this without being affected emotionally in some type of way. I know if I was still in my young teens I could not grasp or be able understand this in a way I do now, but this book is trauma based and I think it’s important to note that.

This story had so much potential but instead I am getting a therapy session out of this

Please if you are thinking of reading this book- CHECK TW and be prepared for graphic SA of minors and more

TW: Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Branding, Graphic SA and Rape, non consensual, physical and emotional abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

I’ve had this book on my radar since I started watching booktok and no one told me how drained I would feel after. I liked the authors writing style and the pacing of elements was good, but this book was traumatic and there was little to no reprieve. I appreciate the author putting trigger warnings before her story to warn readers, but no one tells you how graphic the SA scenes get. I was enjoying the story in the first part (about 100 pages) but then it got to be too much for me. I felt like many of the characters and world were underdeveloped and the only time I enjoyed this book was during the romance of Lei and Wren The plot in itself is vague and kind of predictable, but other than that I kept thinking so many times as I read this how can this be marketed as YA? The amount of times I was deeply disturbed from this book and had to take multiple breaks was astounding because that is how dark and truly horrible this reading experience was for me. I know abuse is an important part in stories and highlighting it in stories is sometimes needed and important, but with this it felt cruel and unnecessary I kept thinking to myself how could a teenager read this without being affected emotionally in some type of way. I know if I was still in my young teens I could not grasp or be able understand this in a way I do now, but this book is trauma based and I think it’s important to note that. This story had so much potential but instead I am getting a therapy session out of this Please if you are thinking of reading this book- CHECK TW and be prepared for graphic SA of minors and more TW: Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Branding, Graphic SA and Rape, non consensual, physical and emotional abuse

emmaowens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Vomit

mothman19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Homophobia

yohhhanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I read this book once already 2 years ago but somehow I only realized now on my reread that I never wrote a review. so this is just my second thoughts no first reaction..
this book is perfect for anyone looking for an Asian-inspired fantasy world with strong sapphic main characters fighting against their oppressors. also there's lots of friendship, food descriptions and a himbo helping the girls. I strongly urge you to have a look at the trigger warnings beforehand though.

spoiler warning just in case: wren is an absolute goddess, where do I get a gf like her? she makes me feel all giddy and her love isn't even directed at me. I love how her and lei are never whiny, always fighting, always fire. and I miss kenzo already :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

miabellawymer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

lkluhs24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

cassie12_21's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

The following spoilers are info on the trigger warning r@pe (not in detail) <there is no rape talked about in detail in the book, but it is still discussed alot, the king has paper girls whom he used for sex>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol