Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Gwiazdozbiór psa by Peter Heller

5 reviews

msbarnesela's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The author has an MFA, and you can definitely tell in the style, if you know what I mean by that. (Not a bad thing—it’s just a distinct style.) 

The post-apocalyptic setting is well-developed. I wanted to know more about the ending of civilization; I’m always curious about specifics. 

The book starts really slow. Nothing much happens until about 30% through the book. The really compelling action starts around 50%. The last half of the book goes a lot quicker. 

<The dog dies. It’s not a bad death—quiet, in his sleep, old age, next to his human. But it’s still really sad. It’s the inciting incident that gets the MC to go out and explore the world, and the grief comes up a lot.>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

scipio_africanus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Peter Heller clearly knows and loves nature and poetry. This book is pretty much a nature novel about fishing, hunting, and survival with brutal post-apocalyptic violence interspersed throughout. This book was so good that it could easily go into my top 10 favorite novels. 

Was surprised by all the bad reviews for this book. I just dont get it. People saying it's slow or boring. I wasn't bored once. There was plenty of violence,  even a good bit of quality humor, and I enjoyed the more peaceful sections of the story as well. I listened to the audiobook, which may have been a different experience to reading it. 

Can't recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Grief

mtnest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

atamano's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

shellybelly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail