Reviews tagging Infidelity

Animal, by Lisa Taddeo

56 reviews

moonrisxng's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

1.5

this book was giving seedy hotel in the middle of nowhere vibes and that made me feel gross inside.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

It was just gross

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

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Murder, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Grief, Alcohol, Stalking, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Sexism, Vomit, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

giliad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Murder

fourdaix's review against another edition

dark 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: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Infidelity, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny and Dementia

Minor: Animal death

asummerdream's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to like this book so much... yet, once again, the advertising was better than the work. I barely managed to finish it.

Nothing happens for 300 pages and then there's too much action, yet somehow I am still looking for the catharsis. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Body shaming and Chronic illness

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

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

lilysaddler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Suicide, Death of parent, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Cursing, Murder, Miscarriage, Injury/injury detail, Dementia, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Infertility, Rape, Pedophilia, Abortion, Alcohol, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Car accident, and Kidnapping

wallanderem's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

The introduction hooked me and kept me engaged for the first 50 or so pages, then it dwindled. I felt like the middle of the book read like a memoir, which was still interesting, but not what I felt like I was promised. The last 100 or so pages were incredible and makes the grateful for the chunk of book that I was tempted to skim. I would read it again with the knowledge I had by the end.

Updated my rating to a 4.75 because I finished the book weeks ago and haven’t stopped thinking about it, even after finishing another book and starting a new one. I miss reading Animal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence