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Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

26 reviews

dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark tense slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I did not like this book. It was way too dark for me and the things that were done to children turned my stomach. I didn't find any of the characters likeable and the stories most of the time never seemed to go anywhere. I thought there would be a lot more horror elements than there were. 

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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: Yes

I love Mariana Enriquez’ writing, she is just a brilliant author! The short stories in this were in the genre of horror with some supernatural elements, however they were seated in realism, exposing the horrors of human experience. I very much enjoyed!

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challenging dark tense

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

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challenging dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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dark tense fast-paced

📚 The Dirty Kid: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 The Inn: ⭐️⭐️✨
📚 The Intoxicated Years: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 Adela’s House: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 An Invocation of the Big Eared Runt: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (TW: graphic child death)
📚 Spiderweb: ⭐️⭐️✨
📚 End of Term: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 No Flesh Over Our Bones: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (TW: fatphobia)
📚 The Neighbor’s Courtyard: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 Under the Black Water: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (tw: suicide, ableist language)
📚 Green Red Orange: ⭐️⭐️✨ (tw: depression, mentions of rape, child SA and death, animal cruelty)
📚 Things We Lost in the Fire: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (TW: domestic abuse, self harm)

Average rating: 3.7 ⭐️’s

I wish a lot of the stories had been longer!

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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