Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

12 reviews

silea's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A bit generic and predictable. Characters often seem to make decisions solely to drive the plot/drama rather than doing things in character or that make sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Right in the opening chapters, an animal suffers a graphic injury and death.

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

solarel's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-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? No

3.25

This book had me surprisingly enthralled for 90% of it. I found the writing engaging and approachable, something a lot of YA books have, but it wasn’t so juvenile that it was just drivel. Something a lot of YA does struggle with. 

The ending however felt like a letdown.

Spoiler

Our main character didn’t even dare to dream of the best case ending for her story… merely went with the shitty option.

And the love story was great till the ending as well.

Spoiler

what a shallow ending… finding out a betrayal from her love interest, which was the only thing keeping her going till now, I’m the last five pages.

Decent read but the ending sucked all my joy out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

bookbrig's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 I saw a blurb on tumblr that called this a lesbian Pacific Rim without robots, and I couldn't NOT read it after that. Turns out that was a very on-point review. I love the characters, the monsters, the pirates, the found family, the GIANT MONSTER FIGHT SCENES! It is very good and has a definite fic flavored enemies to lovers type romance. It also ends on a ?!?! note, and I liked the story enough I think I'll actually read the sequel. This should also be an easy booktalk for our 8th graders. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

asclepius's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide attempt

obralitelara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

nyxiee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

ok this book is literally the chefs kiss of pirate stories ever ,, WITH A LESBIAN ROMANCE !! (which is hard to discuss without giving it away, but all you need to know is that its a very complicated enemies to lovers thatll have you yearning for years to come). it really couldnt get anymore better than this,, but the rollercoaster of emotions i went through reading this ehsgvshshs$;$: I CRIED. I SCREAMED. I FELL APART TO PIECES. just ....... please do yourself a favour and read it, i pinky promise this book will just bless your life <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, Grief, Cursing, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

zoyaology's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

mia_books's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Kidnapping

erin_lovell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death