Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

5 reviews

kou_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Gore, Cursing, Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, Homophobia, War, Torture, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Grief, Colonisation, Misogyny, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Racism, Ableism, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Classism, and Alcohol

delienn's review

emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Racism, Death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual content

jennabajuice's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

A very interesting, quick read. I was a bit disappointed that much more time was spent with Strickland than Elisa (close to half the book) and that she wasn't developed more. But too many amazing details with the creature and setting and connections.

Also I found many of the analogies and other devices very on the nose, so if you enjoy analyzing more subtle details it could be a bit annoying at times. On the other hand, for those who don't it makes interesting allusions very accessible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

gracew's review

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

• 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

As beautiful in book form as it is in film. This book does a lot of background work and gives us POVs that makes some characters more likable and others more terrible. I think it captures a lot of what the film said in words the film couldn't. Also I just love women falling in love with monsters where the monsters are metaphors for marginalized people, particularly when there are other marginalized people in the story to drive the point that what makes us human is kindness, not violence. Del Torro is just *chefs kiss* honestly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia