Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

24 reviews

daniparvu's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Rape

Minor: Violence, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, and Sexual violence

stephanieroc's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

La historia me encantó, el mundo me fascinó y los personajes me atraparon por completo. Tiene ese toque de magia y realismo que me encanta.

Mi única queja sería la edad de la protagonista, considerando el aspecto de la relación amorosa en el libro, y aunque puede ser validado por la época histórica en la que se situa la historia, no diría que es lo más apropiado. Aun así la historia de amor had me in a chokehold. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

accidentalspaceexplorer's review against another edition

4.5

I didn't realize that this was a retelling, which was a pleasant surprise! I ended up quite enjoying this, although the romance wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be. Very atmospheric, and very tense in the end even though I knew it couldn't end awfully. I would check the content warnings though, it got heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Torture, Child abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Sexual assault

jennaem27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Ohhh boy, where to begin? I found this whole book completely frustrating. Never mind the main character is SA’d and the response to that is basically “you’re not the first and won’t be the last, get over it” What?!?! And when Sorcha finally does complete her task her brothers are ungrateful assholes and are confusing protectiveness with arrogance. The only thing I liked about this book was was Sorcha and Red’s relationship. But everything else was horrible, couldn’t stand the amount of dicks in this book, and honestly I was so done that I couldn’t make myself read the last 10 pages. Very disappointing considering the good things that was said about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy

paigemushaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Rape

clalaure's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Rape

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Violence

kibbles15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a well written emotional roller coaster of a fairy tale.  I literally could not put down the book and read it in one day.  The author did an amazing job of interpreting the Grimm Brother's Tale "The Six Swans" (or "the Wild Swans") in a way that makes you feel the literal pain that both the sister and the six brothers feel as they work to break a curse on their family.  In the process they are all presented with very real set-backs and trials.  Please note that this book contains references to torture and rape.  While it is a fairy tale, I would not recommend this book to young readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

fayesreads_'s review

Dnf’d at 40%…. Yeah it’s a hard pass from me after reading an incredibly violent gang r*pe of a 14 year old girl while her brothers are forced to watch & the assaulters kill her dog. When will authors stop using violent SA of women as a plot device?? This added nothing to the plot whatsoever & I’m so incredibly angry about it as I was really enjoying this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

bookswithangeli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Incest