Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

28 reviews

eegragg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, and Vomit

macint0046's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book has great pacing, and I never wanted to put it down. Lisa Unger’s ability to build stories that run parallel to the plot before gracefully arcing together allows this story to be riveting from start to finish. 

A story of family, genetics, history, and how all these elements make us who we are. An element of mystery that serves to move the plot along, but doesn’t have you biting your nails at the unknown. Unger takes your hand and leads you down the path of each character, exploring their flaws and motives while allowing you to make your own decision on the morality of their choices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Centered around infidelity and need of a sperm donor. Rape scene is not graphic but the reaction of the rape victim (fear, sadness, depression) are quick but more triggering.

nicolle12423's review against another edition

dark slow-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? It's complicated

1.0

VERY slowly. It didn't really pick up until about halfway through, and only for a short time. The ending was anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

amandab0514's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

jodiegervais's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, and Trafficking

monstersinspace's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

Spoilers throughout: Honestly I really rather would have listened to a story from the perspective of the killer. I thought she had a way more compelling story than a bunch of rich people making excuses cause "family" I'm also clearly not the target audience cause I will and have cut off family members for far less horrible stuff then rape and pedophilia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

heidipretzel's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty and Abortion

darlingkelly's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

annieisawesome's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was an incredibly quick read for me. The plot was very engaging. It was fast paced and kept you interested. Overall good. 

However, there were points where it kind of lost its grip on me. Purely because the author would forget what was happening it felt like. A character suddenly was not holding something they had been, or was wearing something totally different. And the over use of some words threw me. For example, svelte and akimbo (which I saw so frequently that I needed to look up their meanings).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

abipinn's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Blood

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol