Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye

3 reviews

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism and Deportation

morganperks's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

alternative title: you're house is on fire, your children low key set it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty and Abortion

qi_'s review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.75

really wanted to watch it but ended up being quite disappointed. 

it started off quite intriguing as we were first being introduced to all the perspectives. it was still confusing but at that point all the weird events from the circus dude who was apparently the devil to the weird sexual adventures. 

however, as the story began to progress and the story lines became intertwined but still quite distant i lost interest. i struggled to grasp what was going on and i failed to care for any of the characters since we changed it up so quickly. i also found it difficult to distinguish the chapters/perspectives since they are all written in the first person perspective. 

i definitely feel like a lot of the twists went over my head so i didn't really get the full effect since they were written in such a confusing and obscure manner. i didn't find anything creepy or spooky, the atmosphere was there but if anything the events in the book were just weird but nothing more. 

sad i didn't enjoy it that much :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty