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twistykris's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident
draven_deathcrush's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this so much. I don't know why I took so long to read it. I didn't think I would relate so much to a queer mountain lion, but I did. They are me, and I am them 😂
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Grief and Car accident
erebus53's review
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
I read this as part of a reading challenge with a prompt about a strange viewpoint. It's told in the first person from the viewpoint of a North American mountain lion / cougar, living in the Park under the foot of the Hollywood Sign. Stories like this always frustrate me because of the clumsy anthropomorphism. It's not emulating the mind or senses of an animal — it's just a story about people, and a fantasy about people watching and processing human life and culture as though from the outside.
This story doesn't have a lot of big-cat energy. It does have little slice-of life commentary about habitat destruction, poverty & homelessness, gay sex, loneliness and disconnection in the social media age, being connected to the living world.. and with some revenge fantasy mixed in, and a dream day-trip that I could NEVER see any cat of any sort enjoying ever.
It's fairly quiet and pretty short.. which is good because I would have become really grumpy about the choice of narrative style if I had to tolerate more of it. It's not as infuriating as A Cat's Tale.. but that would be a hard ask.
This story doesn't have a lot of big-cat energy. It does have little slice-of life commentary about habitat destruction, poverty & homelessness, gay sex, loneliness and disconnection in the social media age, being connected to the living world.. and with some revenge fantasy mixed in, and a dream day-trip that I could NEVER see any cat of any sort enjoying ever.
It's fairly quiet and pretty short.. which is good because I would have become really grumpy about the choice of narrative style if I had to tolerate more of it. It's not as infuriating as A Cat's Tale.. but that would be a hard ask.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Gun violence and Violence
samflowerv6's review against another edition
4.75
do you wanna read about a gay mountain lion who lives by the Hollywood sign with some funny and sometimes soul crushing social commentary? Go pick up this bad boy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Blood
katvanfos's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
funkyauntjules's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
the life through a lion's eyes: childlike, tender, wild, ferocious. a touching story about a gay little lion who feels so much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
zaccry's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty and Violence
valrunin's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death and Violence
dugfromthedirt's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
I loved this so much
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Sexual content
pennyforyourthoughts's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-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
3.5
I read this book for a class, but I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t hard to get through, the only thing that slowed me down was the ending that I had known was coming. This made me sort of sad to read it but didn’t completely ruin the experience. I enjoyed the writing style and the POV of an animal is something I do a lot in my own writing so I enjoyed that as well. This novel was well researched, and did a good job of showing things how we think an animal would see them. It’s not something I would have picked up on my own, but it was really good.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Blood