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doovdoesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
sunfishe's review against another edition
conceptually i love this book, but I am very conflicted about the character of the taxidermist -- which I think is exactly the authors point
i love the words about faith being like being in the sun, and Virgil having God days and Godless days.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
theologize's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
renniewest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence
taylorlanxon's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
nstew16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, and Grief
doublydaring's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I have trouble finishing this book because it made me feel sick but I have to for school. When I finally finished I was brought to tears not of sadness or joy but of disgust. The contents of this book were disturbing to me. In the Q&A Martel describes being fascinated by the Holocaust. One is fascinated by a carousel or an enchanting piece of music I simply couldn't take the language. My main problem with this book is the comparison abused animals wiped out by Extinction. The Jews in the Holocaust were not killed by the careless habitat destroying greed of humanity they were killed by a deliberate hateful action. You might bring up Maus as a Counterpoint in Maus the Jews are portrayed as mice there's one very important difference. In Maus the Germans are cats the English are pigs the French are frogs, everyone is an animal. In Beatrice and Virgil, the Jews are animals and the Germans are people. Another defense to be made for this book is that Henry doesn't agree with the views of the taxidermist, but it's not a question of agreeing or disagreeing this book is a portrayal of obscene gratuitous pornographic antisemitic violence.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry
lanid's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Genocide, and Suicide