Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

26 reviews

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Stalking, and Pregnancy

planreadrepeat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, and Dementia

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

toriwatson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

breq's review against another edition

emotional slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Terminal illness and Suicide attempt

justnei's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Racism

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This low-fantasy magical realism book follows Jared as he navigates the challenges of colonialism, high school, an abusive family, and hallucinations that may or may not be magic.

Although I appreciated the coming-of-age aspect of this book, I found that the fantasy storyline was more on the sideline than I would have liked. One of my biggest criticisms of the writing is that the drug use and violence/weapons reads like it was written by a mom who has never smoked weed before. No hate to the author, but some of the slang that was used was laughable.

Spice level: 🌶🌶.5/5

Please please please, check the content warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Incest, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Colonisation

emtur007's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

sabrinagreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

nullandvoidlibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer and Dementia

Minor: Transphobia