Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Skerdykla Nr. 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

32 reviews

cptnstphy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

It took me a while to get into it, but I was pleased when it clicked for me. It went from “this is a bit too odd for me without enough reward to get over it” to “alright I see what Vonnegut is doing here! I’m on board” 
I found the main character Billy’s experience of time and space very interesting and worth contemplating, even if just to pull ourselves out of our always-linear understanding of time. I also enjoy some fantasy and worldbuilding, so his recollections of the alien planet were creative and well-received. 
I did also appreciate the moral undercurrent to things that he says that are expressed as casual but read as subtly poignant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Genocide, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

squareninja's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, and War

Minor: Racism

allidone's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Transphobia, and Murder

avamccluer's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

One of the most interesting books i’ve ever read. I loved the symbolism of Billy’s broken mind shown through the idea of ‘time travel’ aka scattered memories. A slow start but at the end I couldn't put it down! Amazing classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Animal death and Fatphobia

_lish_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

alexandra_skl's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

A fantastic and thought provoking book that serves as a master class in how to write a chilling and engaging anti war story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

booknerdbetty's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Car accident

sunny_not's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hale_bopp's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, and War