Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Amigo, El by Sigrid Nunez

21 reviews

theresaburnham's review against another edition

At best, this book was funny and moving but at worst it was unbearably pretnetious. Not for me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Animal death

breannenance's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.0

This book is sad and depressing. Which you get from the synopsis but the synopsis also makes it seem like the character gets out of the depressive state she’s in with help from the dog. But she doesn’t. There’s no plot. These no character development. If you’re a pet owner don’t read it because there’s discussion AT LENGTH about animals dying, having to be put to sleep etc. no thank you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Grief

vgk's review against another edition

2.0

I stopped at page 96 because the discussions of animal cruelty were too much for me. I do love her writing, but this book was too upsetting for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

emmalg07's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Animal death

amandam71's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A deeply sad love letter to the relationship between people and animals, as well as the literature and other media used to portray it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

somebodys_fool's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Animal death

kamelleruano's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death

brinnavirginia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, and Infidelity

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

ahorowitz25's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

1.0

Unfortunately, this book is a great example of misleading blurbs. I thought this was a tale about how a woman copes with her friend's suicide by taking in the man's dog, Apollo, and how both animal and human help each other grieve of the unexpected death. Instead, I got a middle-aged woman’s long-winded, wandering pontifications and justifications of her friend's repeated adultering and infidelities with his students and colleagues because he insisted that "a college setting encourages such behavior."

Gross.

Is it well written in a profoundly literary (read: pretentious and grating) style? Yes. But I just couldn’t get past how nauseous the male prof made me. I shouldn’t have bothered finishing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

reshusky's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I think the subjects could have been handled better. Felt less like it was focusing on grief, and more on complaining about new authors/students. The bits about the dog and grief were good, the book feels intimate but it also felt like a complaint more than a novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty