Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Guía del club de lectura para matar vampiros by Grady Hendrix

412 reviews

sabinedion's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

lilacvictim's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Vomit, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

snowhite197's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

sallamaariv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

mhowell19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

misszoehatter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Suicide attempt

heyherheaddontcomeoff's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Rape

Minor: Animal death

molly_greenshields's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a horror-coaster from start to finish. And, for better or for worse, it totally consumed my week. More than merely a vampire thriller, Grady serves up a narrative about how far people will go to delude themselves into believing they're safe in order not to rock the boat. The true horror here stems not only from the monster (although a fare whack also comes from him, too) but also from the men who unrelentingly treat their wives like utter shit and refuse them a morsel of respect. This book made me extremely uncomfortable at times and needs an essay worth of trigger warnings added but has some really hard-hitting messages at its core. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Death of parent

cravebooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.25

i think this might be the worst book i have ever read. the insane irony of hendrix talking about how “men know everything and never shut up” and yet is constantly trying to write stories from an empowered female perspective as if he has any idea what that feels like?? 

this is the second book i’ve read by him and i only forced myself to finish it because, ironically enough, it was for a book club. this book was graphic and gory purely for shock value and had no real explanation for why Harris was the way he was which made all of his inane actions seem cheap, disgusting, and just highly implausible. 

this is obviously supposed to be an allegory for how women feel sucked dry in their mundane housewife lives by their husbands and their wifely duties, but my god you didn’t have to punch me in the face with it. 

also…what the hell is this dude’s obsession with pubic hair???

i have never felt so unsettled and disgusted after finishing a book, and it wasn’t even worth it because it was just all for shock value to get a reaction out of the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism

sydneynorman's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Classism