Reviews tagging Child death

Animal, by Lisa Taddeo

38 reviews

hanna's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I loved this at first (even though it made me feel like I was overdosing on my meds), then I took a break for 1-2 days and now I've realised it's just a really, really weird & disturbing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Child death, Miscarriage, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

Minor: Medical content

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Eh. I liked the ending the most but other than that it was mostly boring and hard to keep track of. All the characters were pretty much the same person and I didn’t really feel like I was there (I get that’s it’s like a letter but still). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment and Ableism

karanextweek's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

I hated this book. I hated everything about it. Every single character annoyed the shit out of me. I hated the way it was written, even though my visceral hate from literally page 1 is proof that the writing is good.
Pretty much every type of SA/r*pe is covered in this book. It was a lot. I hated it. Am I mad I read it? Kinda. But I don’t regret it. Maybe I do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Misogyny, Addiction, Rape, Body horror, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death, Pedophilia, and Self harm

laynemandros's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Stalking, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Eating disorder, and Blood

bxcvi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

jrep09's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

emmague89's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Vomit, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, Blood, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/injury detail, Infidelity, Infertility, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Cursing, Classism, and Child death

natthahlyh's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Child death, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

rebeccajost's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Vomit, Drug use, Child death, and Stalking

lexipassno's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship