Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías

11 reviews

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

This is such a bleak book about a woman who's trying to cope with the effects of a plague. She lives alone after her divorce and nannies a disabled child who compulsively eats anything he can. She also visits her ex-husband, who still cares about, at the hospital after he got infected. Her relationship to her mother is complicated. The book switches between past and present. This book is timely and important but it definitely won't be for everyone. There are mentions of animal death, child death and suicide. The writing is exquisite, but at times it came across as pretentious. There were also times I came across words I've never seen, but I didn't feel like looking them up so I just kept reading. This is a decent work of speculative fiction, science fiction, and eco-horror. I'll read it again someday but I'm not in a rush to do that right now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Suicide

kaitertot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

5.0

I LOVED this one. Dystopia when you notice it RIIIIIIGHT at the beginning

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

svmreads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

Loved the writing, loved the immersive atmosphere, HATED the fatphobia, and wished the relationships between the main character and her mom and Max were fleshed out more. Overall, I enjoyed the book but thought it tried to tackle too much. Excited to read The Rooftop by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, and Fatphobia

Minor: Death and Suicide

jenlengland's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Blood

symmetra's review against another edition

4.25

A little heavy on the ableism and fat phobia (the narrator looks after a boy with Prader-Willi Syndrome) but hauntingly beautiful and horrible all at once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Police brutality

not_another_ana's review against another edition

El fin del mundo más aburrido que he leído. Más mugre rosa, menos sobre el exmarido por favor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death

Descripciones de desorden alimenticio y atracones de comida.

hannacolm's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

brinnavirginia's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Self harm

vgk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty