Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

7 reviews

surrendersouls's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I’m not sure if the stories got better over the course of the book, or maybe I just got settled in with the style. It’s partially formulaic, but it has a wide array of mysteries and crimes and different enough plots in each that it didn’t become the same thing again and again. Also at points it became kind of horror themed? A man got locked in a hydraulic press that was going to crush him in one story, had me on the edge of my seat. If you stop and read slowly, playing the scenes in your head, you can really get a taste of the characters, and I find Holmes to be delightful to read about.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Slavery, and Death of parent

Period typical bigotry for the time and place, but mild and not the basis of stories

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty

nubecato's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexism

kloughlin's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Confinement and Mental illness

katievh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Racism

novelyon's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs and Death of parent