Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

118 reviews

cadence99's review against another edition

4.25

Come and get it is a character driven, slow burn of a book, and while that may not work for every reader, it certainly worked for me. We have SUCH rich characters. They’re messy and imperfect and deeply human, and I think the flaws are what make this book so great. You are not going to get a cookie cutter story with a fairy tale ending and that is my FAVORITE kind of book. My only issue in my reading of this book was that I neglected to check CW and got hit REAL hard with one part in particular- so I definitely recommend NOT doing what I did and checking those warnings!  Otherwise, I HIGHLY recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

egnrussell's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I couldn’t put this down. I knew everything was going to go poorly, but I HAD to see just how poorly. I loved getting to know these unlikable characters and I still wound up caring about them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

brynpemery's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Kiley Reid is so good at writing characters that you simultaneously despise and want to root for. Everybody in this makes awful choices! But still, I want the best for them. This book stressed me out a little to read because the cascade of bad decisions was just so much, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. And because I’m wary of this and looked a bit for answers but couldn’t find one, the animal death content warning is:

one character is wracked by guilt over accidentally killing a dog. The incident is described in a flashback and is not gory but if you need to be prepared, it’s in the chapter where Kennedy talks about being the golden girl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

drymice's review

emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

clairebartholomew549's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm not sure how to feel about this book. I should probably stop reading reviews before I read books, because I saw a review that said this book had no plot, and maybe it colored my view of this book. Or maybe it didn't, because honestly this book has no plot. It's more accurately described as a character or environment study, and the dorm atmosphere is fascinating to dive into. The tableau is really interesting, and I enjoyed seeing every character's perspective. But I would have liked some insight into Tyler, Jenna, and Casey - I realize it was part of the point to only see them through the other characters' eyes, but it certainly flattened them. And at the end of the book, I was confused what the point was. I found Such a Fun Age really interesting and dynamic, so this one was disappointing to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Classism

owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

‘It was very easy to have sex in college, but it was even easier not to.’

I liked this! It turns out all I need to read again was pneumonia and being relatively bed-ridden. I think Reid’s writing is brilliant and I loved the characters. I had some trouble with the pacing and plot (it all felt like it happened in the last 80 pages or so), but still a really good read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

martachbc's review

challenging tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicide attempt

dfriend12's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

3⭐️

I wanted to enjoy this book but I’m not sure I liked any of the characters (which does not make for a bad book in my opinion) but if there’s not much moving the plot/not much plot to move… it doesn’t work for me. So sad this one fell flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

kvokolek's review

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use and Racism

Minor: Alcohol