Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

La casa de los espíritus (Edición especial 40 aniversario) by Isabel Allende

88 reviews

exclipse's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Abortion

amberacks12's review against another edition

This really pains me because this book has been on my shelves forever, and I thought for sure I would love it. I really do love Allende’s writing. It’s beautiful and lyrical and stylistically very unique compared to anything else I’ve read. I also really love the magical realism elements. It’s quickly becoming a genre that I want to read more of. But as much as I love those aspects, and I want to see where Clara’s life takes her, I can’t allow myself to read a book that makes me feel depressed and disgusted by what some of the characters think and do to others. I literally felt sick reading certain parts of this book. If Ernesto Ferula and his sister took a backseat, then I think I could push through their disgusting way of living. But it seems like Ernesto is quite possibly going to be the main character for the entirety of this book. And I just can’t do that to myself. 
Maybe I’ll try again someday. Or maybe I should just resign myself to never reading this book I’ve been dying to read for years now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

lady_epoh's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

It is so bad, I want to give you a zero, but that's not possible, so I give you a one. For a “feminist writer” Allende sure loves making these damsel in distress ass women who have no development and blindly follow their love interest’s whims, and who are constantly subjected to the anger and violence of irredeemable and equally development-less male characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Medical content

franzys_whip's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Murder, Lesbophobia, and War

hendrixpants's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Violence, and Murder

dollarsignimp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

certainlynotpolina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Death of parent

acacia_happy_hour's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, War, and Classism

Minor: Addiction

ajmickel's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Drug abuse

clairebooo's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault