Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Jeskyně zatracených by Caitlin Starling

4 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A slow but tense book about a woman who gets more than she bargained for signing up for a mysterious underground expedition with a paycheque that was too good to be true. I liked the descriptions of the caving itself and the push and pull between the main characters, the caver and her handler. I do think Em wound up being a bit too soft

(and it's sort of weird imo that she's so young considering she's already sent over 20 expeditions into this cave by the time Gyre tries it) and the Tunneler was scarier before the baffling decision near the end to force a confrontation with it

but overall great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Suicide and Excrement

Nonconsensual drugging, loss of bodily autonomy. Overdose. Hallucinations, paranoia, surveillance, unreality. Descriptions of bodies in various states of decay. Limb loss.

laurajones's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, and Vomit