Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

5 reviews

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Stalking, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

graceheartsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.75

I’ve been reading a lot of historical fiction lately so I needed something different to shake myself out of a reading slump.

And this book was very much needed. I’ve never read Kiersten White before so I wasn’t sure what to expect but I loved the writing. From the moment I opened the book I was spell bound.

I also loved the way this book talked about trauma and religion and grief—it’s all super important and super needed to talk about. But I can also see why some would give it a lower rating (ironically a lower rating made me want to read it lol) as the ending is bittersweet: almost everyone gets out/has a happy ending but there needs to be a sacrifice before that.

My only slight criticism is that there’s a lot of exposition near the end but it’s not terribly egregious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I picked up this book expecting an entertaining creepypasta-flavored romp through cosmic horror. Instead, I cried my eyes out and felt like some wounded piece of myself got picked out of the darkness and bandaged. (And I lack the Mormon religious trauma this author is digging into!) I am tempted to push this into the hands of every millennial I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Body horror, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexism, Grief, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

jazhandz's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Physical abuse and Vomit