Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale by J.K. Rowling

11 reviews

sal_the_cat's review against another edition

includes fatphobia, antisemitic stereotypes has a bunch of plotholes and overall just not that good. also the author is a terf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

fyre_flies's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Death, Murder, and War

timmytunter's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

mjones14's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

2nd reread. Enjoyed it, but it just didn't live up to the hype. I think the film did this book justice.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

This is a book and series I'll always love. This reread was no different, but this time I read the illustrated edition. 

I won't deny that I've been hesitant to read the illustrated edition of this because growing up with this, I have certain ideas of what characters look like and ways I imagine the world, but let me just say that this enhanced that love. Every version I've experienced of this just adds to my vision and understanding of it all. 

Since this is the illustrated edition, I'm primarily going to focus on talking about the artwork this reread. Jim Kay did an absolutely phenomenal job illustrating everything. I adored his work, even if it didn't always match my own version in my head or what we've all seen in the movies. I saw a documentary and I've read several articles about the work he did and pressure he felt with this project and it's astounding. He made sure to get all the details right and you can see the research on the page. I know he was concerned about ruining the series with his illustrations, but really, as I've already mentioned, it enhanced it and gave me a different experience. 

I definitely enjoyed this and I'll be curious to check out the other books in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

celine_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Fatphobia, Sexism, Antisemitism, Car accident, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emynewen's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexism

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Ahhhh finally for the first time in far too long I have read this book again. It was a strange experience listening to it vs. reading it and I think I prefer reading it myself BUT I’m just happy to be reminded of this story and to be in the wizard if world again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

jadie's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Quick, easy and fun read. Loveable characters and relatable themes of friendship, trust and bravery. As magical and fantastical as expected. J.K Rowling's imagery brings life to the story and helps the reader imagine the magical world with ease and enjoyment. Thoroughly enjoyable read for a children's book, as was expected. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent