Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Bad Fruit by Ella King

14 reviews

l_lilly_05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, and Rape

krys_kilz's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a challenging read. It focuses heavily on abusive family dynamics and intergenerational trauma, but I don't think it crossed the line into exploitation or trauma porn. Instead it really encompassed how all consuming abusive relationships can be and the way trauma impacts memory and one's sense of self. 

The relationship between Lily and her mother was particularly powerful. I appreciated how Mei's own traumas were revealed as Lily slowly began to unravel why her mother was the way she was. And I also appreciate that Lily still left in the end and didn't necessarily forgive her mother's actions. Her mother's own history of abuse was an explanation, not an excuse for her behavior.

I would also just like to note, I wouldn't really consider this book to be a thriller. It has somewhat similar pacing along with the slowly unraveling storylines, but it's different. I'm not sure why it was marketed that way on Storygraph. 

tw: abuse, trauma, self harm, r*pe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Car accident

aigreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Incest, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

zukythebookbum's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide