Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

149 reviews

issamay's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

rshearon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

SO GOOD. The spooky tension had me hooked from the first chapter. I typically roll my eyes at this rough-around-the-edges FMC character type, but she only got on my nerves a little, when she was being extra frustrating. The storyline and the lore was so intriguing and kept my attention the entire time; I could barely put it down to go to bed. I also adored the romance, though it was a lot more subtle than I usually go for and it took me a minute to get over the fact that the author repeatedly describes them both as “ugly as fuck” lol. But they were emo and so was their love 🖤 

I can’t wait to binge read everything Alix E Harrow has written because the writing and characters and magic was so entrancing !! and i’m sad it’s over!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

katieklysmic's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Slavery, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

booksandstardust's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Alcohol

tattedtrashreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Enjoyed the mystery aspect and the whole novel. Storytelling was great but I found myself confused sometimes as to whether or not our MC  was having a dream or she was experiencing reality. Also confusing sometimes when the narrator switched the perspectives of Opal and Arthur but that may have been just the audiobook component. Enjoyed this novel overall though and it was quite the switch up from my normal lineup and I’m happy I picked this one up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

stormeno's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

luckykosmos's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I keep saying, this one was a ok for me, both in the aesthetic uses of the House, the lore of the Starlings, the tension of capitalism and people deciding who family really is. The parallels of Arthur and Opal pushing away the people they love because they believe they alone can fix their problems. E Starling's children's book as a character in its own right. I would read four more of these in a heartbeat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery and Medical content

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

tea_at_mole_end's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

miguelito_juanito's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury