Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Pod by Laline Paull

65 reviews

bemoregarnet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Rape, and Violence

rshayward's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

cassie7e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

I don't know how to rate this book. It was vicious, and beautiful, and sad, each in their part. I detached from the pain and cruelty (human and dolphin alike), struggled to make sense of what was happening and how it related to real world human activities, but unexpectedly found myself moved to tears at the whale's ending song.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, and Death of parent

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

2.0

Book summary!
Dolphin fan fic
Dolphin fan fic
Fish fan fic
Dolphin fan fic
Fish fan fic
The devastating effect of humans on the ocean
Fish fan fic
Dolphin fan fic

Good god i did not need to read this much about fish and dolphins having sex not to mention this felt clumsily written and their actions felt disjointed, 
Also please stop referring to large groups of fish/ cetaceans as people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

builtoutofbooks's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, and Death of parent

4morris4's review against another edition

this book is about a female dolphin who gets latched onto by a parasitic fish and is raped over and over again by a diseased king dolphin. every sentence is traumatic to read. it was so upsetting I DNF'd halfway through. wish I had quit sooner

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

berodatheelf's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Informative and well researched but absolutely brutal, Laulie Paull leaves no punches. The story weaves humans impact on the environment with feminism but is told uniquely from the POV of various aquatic creatures (mostly dolphins). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

lostgwennel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and Violence

hduc's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was brutal, devastating, all too real.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Blood, and Excrement

ezzo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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

Wow this blew my mind. I can see how the premise would sound too weird for a lot of people but trust the process.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence