Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

24 reviews

pbeeandj's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Messy Floridians interacting with other messy Floridians.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

ruffian23's review

dark reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

applezing's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Cancer, Animal death, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Cursing

Minor: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Adult/minor relationship

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Animal death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Terminal illness

eagoldberg's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Body shaming, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Vomit, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Death, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

uriah's review against another edition

4.0

more books about messy queer people with abandonment issues please! i love representation!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ajmacdougall93's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

just had a hard time liking/relating to the characters to be honest. I also expected a bit more dark humor, but it was more melancholy than I expected. not a badly written book by any stretch, just not really for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

oliverigotti's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

this was recommended after i read “everyone in this room will someday be dead.” 
pretty good, but the characters felt a little off to me, i don’t know what it was. i feel like they just got in their own ways a bit too much, if that’s even a valid criticism. this book did accurately describe how terrible florida is. 
huge word of warning, this book is super gory, not for those with weak stomachs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Animal death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Sexual content

ecnolte's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Nothing about this story was resolved and not in a fun way. So much and so little happened that it dragged on. Easily could have been half the length. I wanted to know SO much more about every character and we were given nothing. I felt like i was a therapist sitting with a client trying to help them organize their stories and getting nowhere. The flashbacks were disjointed and only added to the trauma and grief that ran through everything but never fulling etching into to the main character’s personality, only explaining why she’s shut off.
The ending also seemed extremely abrupt. Too much was trying to be resolved in a matter of DAYS and the characters glossed over so much and so much was implied that it seemed impossible and unrealistic for them to be how things would unfold.
This book had so much promise but ended up falling so flat. I wanted more for and of every character but wasn’t given a fraction (felt very indicative of how they were treated I’m sure - maybe it’s stylistic).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Death, and Alcohol