Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

12 reviews

lisettemarie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

befnie's review against another edition

I was so shocked when I found out this book was written by a woman, the voice made me convinced it was a white man. 

The story is boring, despite the violence. The characters are 2D, despite the extensive backstory. And the book itself required way more editing, the tense switches mid sentence and the prose are weak. 

The only parts of the book that are vivid are the instances of extreme violence, all exclusively visited upon women and children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Death of parent

elizabeth1216's review against another edition

No storyline happening. It felt mostly like shock factor of the poverty and life some people are living 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Murder

casualvamp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Deepti Kapoor is an immensely talented author, and this book is exceptionally well-written. From reading the synopsis, it’s not a book I would typically read, but I thought I would enjoy it much more than I did. It took me a really long time to finish because it's very lengthy and disorganized. The switches between POVs were jarring and got confusing in the second half, which made the storyline hard to follow. I found the vast majority of the characters unbearable (except for Ajay), so it was hard to be invested in the story. Ajay's POV had me absolutely enthralled, but once it switched over to Neda's and Sunny's POV, I was barely trudging through it. I almost had to put this book down several times due to its incredibly dark themes and GRAPHIC depictions of violence, which made me genuinely naseous. I felt that for the majority of the book, I was either almost asleep out of sheer boredom or incredibly disturbed by all of the unnecessary violence.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

himpersonal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.5

Sounded like it should’ve been a really good book. In reality, there were parts that were good, but most of it was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

booksreverything's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

grantsharpies's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kdagley14's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Car accident, and Murder

courto875's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

naireeb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism