Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

135 reviews

jester_k's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

sheeprustler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

bananatrampoline's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

wathav's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Another I want to reread and will occasionally recommend. I still think about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Deadnaming, and Vomit

spidermomsays's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

The writing was ok but this book really dragged for me despite several shocking events and the fact that it was under 200 pages.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

kilianisreading's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, and Medical trauma

danipowl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

night_shift's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

2.75

I dunno, man. Had some darkly funny bits but I called the ending (although wavered here and there when clues were "resolved") about a quarter of the way in. I can see where this was probably shocking and I was deff uncomfortable with the frequent animal deaths, but something about this felt like it was trying to say something but even Banks didn't know until that very last chapter where he tried to bring it all together (not entirely successfully, imo)
I guess also this wasn't going to be my jam from the start as I'm not a fan of the sociopath/serial killer POV. That said, Frank really is a unique voice and it doesn't waver.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Body horror

Minor: Child death and Mental illness

jumpingjacksofy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Murder

jaid5394's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death