Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

14 reviews

mikaylarupke's review

dark emotional tense fast-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? No

5.0

Will tear you open and make you sob. But you won’t be able to put it down. So so so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Bullying, Gore, and Trafficking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Violence

tini_turtle's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I loved the first two thirds of this book! The world building is really engaging and thought through, and the beginning of the actual grace year is incredibly written and super gripping. I found the ending to be a bit rushed, and not as thoughtful as the rest of the book. I felt that the

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love triangle with Ryker and Michael

really unnecessary and cliche, and I found the entire

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pregnancy storyline

honestly quite hard to get through. It's such a shame because it could have been so so good but the ending was just disappointing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Rape

tays_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Stalking, Pedophilia, Animal death, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, and Infertility

savanhahope's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Wow wow wow wow wow. This is the best book I've read in a long time! It's handmaid's tale meets lord of the flies, (and maybe a little hunger games) and everything was so well thought out. Don't even get me started on the ending because I'll cry. Needless to say, you need to read this. This book was written for women everywhere who have felt like their voices haven't been heard. Check TWs!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Grief, Classism, Confinement, Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Child death, Blood, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Incest and Infertility

dadimabookernow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow definitely one of the best books I've read for the year!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Death, Toxic friendship, Child death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Excrement, Grief, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

the_disreputable_dog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective fast-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

5.0

This book was dystopian, female led, really well written, and suspenseful. This thing is like lightning in a bottle. It makes me happy, because every character has a purpose, and a face they show the world and a back they keep hidden, which is how you know it's a good book. You get the higher class men, see a little of how they're limited with what they can do (at the end), of course the middle class is apparent in how they're limited, and then you obviously see how the bottom class is restricted as well, instead of how some books just show an all powerful, all encompassing top tier of society where they can do whatever the fuck they want with no consequences. Also, there's the classic dystopian fight against oppression, but I like how Tierney realises she can't be on her own in everything if she wants to do good for everyone. The theme is about working together to do things better, which I love. It's less of an individual self determination oriented book, which is common among dystopians. If this were part of a series, I'd already be starting the next one (but it's definitely built to be a stand alone book, so instead it's on my birthday wish list and I'm off to search for recommendations of more like this). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Death, Sexism, Vomit, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Stalking, Violence, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Cannibalism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

anomiques's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Misogyny

creativeerosion's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Rape

sarasm's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Sexual assault

brivnnv's review

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Trafficking, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty