Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Anomalija by Hervé Le Tellier

9 reviews

_pauline's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

I was hoping for this to be a less religious version of Manifest, and it’s really not. it’s a thought experiment & includes more philosophical ramblings than the tension, mystery & action (+ plot twists & reveal at the end) I read thriller & science fiction books for. tbf though, the blurb implies that.

idk why apparently the author was aware that there are too many characters but still chose to keep it that way? I think having one main character (& more likeable characters in general) would’ve helped the story. nonetheless I enjoyed it & the concept is interesting, there were just too many parts and characters I didn’t care about

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

frank365's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective tense

• 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

Un aereo Parigi-New York atterra in una giornata di giugno e viene dirottato a una base militare americana. Quell'aereo ha una particolarità: a bordo ci sono gli stessi passeggeri e lo stesso equipaggio di un altro aereo atterrato tre mesi prima.
Ci si trova davanti a un caso inedito: più di 200 persone si ritrovano a fare i conti con sé stessi di tre mesi prima, nel frattempo alcuni di loro hanno vissuto avventure differenti, mentre altri dovranno condividere persone e cose con il loro nuovo doppio.
Un libro scritto molto bene e con un finale inaspettato. Consigliato.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

I went into this book only knowing that it was categorized as science fiction. 

Very interesting read. I can see how it's not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. 

Really enjoyed the humour throughout the book and the pop culture references. 

there are a LOT of characters and the build up is very long but I think the payoff is worth it. I did not see what happened coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

the_other_yvonne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, and Suicide

keijiwolf's review against another edition

Way too pretentious writing for me. Beginning was also too slow but I hate the writing enough that I am not interested in pushing through that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I thought the concept of this book was really cool - the characters are duplicated with a four month gap and have an opportunity to make different choices - but the execution didn't work for me. The setup is way too long and the book is much more about the simulation theory than any of the characters. I never felt really connected to anyone and nothing interesting happened. Also the book within a book of The Anomaly sounded terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Torture

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lemonflower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal death and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

parablesarah's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

It really is as good as they say.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Suicide, and Terminal illness

astridrv's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Violence, and Grief

Very well paced book, that I read easily over 24 hours. The first part of the book was in my eyes really successful in creating believable characters and an intriguing set-up. The other two thirds delivered, but delivered an average book, pleasant, gripping enough, ultimately forgettable. I think the author had a lot of fun writing this and also had a heart break to process. Both make for a charming book that does not reach as deep as the premise and ambition (visible in the endless philosophical references) would lead you to believe.