Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Devotion by Hannah Kent

16 reviews

julesmae's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

I found it tough to rate this book. The prose is strong and poetic and earthy, and the musings of the main character often struck a deep chord within me. Still, something about the plot never quite reached perfect harmony for me, something about it out of my grasp enough to save me from giving it a more perfect rating, but overall I really did enjoy this journey and these incredible characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Rape

ode_to_readers's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I really don’t know how to describe this book. It’s poetic and the story is truly profound. Two girls finding each other and falling in love, while living in an oppressed community. The story was a little too slow for my taste at the start, their boat journey (which was super intense btw and super realistic. Kudos to the author for always following the facts) only started about a third/halfway of the way in. Also there is quite an unexpected twist in the story I did not see coming! 

So while this story was incredible in its own way, I don’t think it was for me, hence the 3 stars. But I am still glad I read it! 

Also TW: animal slaughter, death, suicidal thoughts and attempts. (I personally found the pig scenes to be quite intense 😢)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Alcoholism and Miscarriage

jameslyons's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia

folksong's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? No

5.0

A beautiful book, I cried throughout the second half but loved every minute. The prose is transporting and the descriptions of the feelings that come with young queer love were perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Racism

doddyaboutbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Racism