Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Contes d'amour de folie et de mort by Horacio Quiroga

1 review

isarza's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

A collection of short stories about madness and death. If you like Edgar Allan Poe you might enjoy this. Very well written. 

I specially enjoyed "la gallina degollada", it's shocking and horrifying. Not all of the stories were horror but that one in particular gave me the chills. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Death