Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

20 reviews

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Addiction, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence

at806's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

gymjam_reads's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

What amazing storytelling - I was transported right into the life of a US circus in the 1930s!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Antisemitism

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was slow for awhile but once it started getting interesting it was very interesting! I loved loved the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Dementia, and Death

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Vomit, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Certainly some violence and injuries described in some detail. This is about a circus so some animal cruelty should be expected

rachelkreads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense 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: Gore, Death, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Murder, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Excrement, Antisemitism, Confinement, Ableism, Fatphobia, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Dementia, Misogyny, Racism, Trafficking, and Death of parent

alyaknedgo's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

mstadhei's review

adventurous emotional sad

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

2.5

There is a lot of animal abuse in this book which can be difficult to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

veronicachp's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

4 star: Would re read and recommend, but had some gripes with it. 

This book has been on my TBR for literally 10 years, and on my bookshelf at home for jist about as long. I honestly assumed I wasn't going to like it and kept putting off reading it, so consider me pleasantly surprised. My main gripes are that a lot of the "gritty" scenes and dialogue feel like they're tossed in there for shock value and not really blended in, and I wish there was a little more emotional development for everyone. The whole novel, including some pretty major character deaths, just reads as kind of stiff, impassive. I would have liked for there to be a little more insight to the characters reacting/processing things and some more focus on the side characters. BUT since it is written from Jacob's perspective and he is not omniscient I can somewhat forgive the whole book being the Jacob and Marlena show. Also TW: If you, like me, struggle with emetophobia, many scenes in this book will make you uncomfortable. Lotta throwing up in this bad boy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Murder

apryld's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence