Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Zugvögel by Charlotte McConaghy

94 reviews

lisettemarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mandylexlair's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Car accident

ju10ma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-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: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

leontyna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

I don't have words for this book. It's so masterfully written and so incredibly sad. I hope this devastating world doesn't come to pass.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

colormecaro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

My existential dread at living in a world where 80% of animal species have gone extinct is through the roof. 
But it was still worth reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

rceparski's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

cmwilliams29's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

I was floored by this book. I still am. It takes a lot for me to give 5 stars, and I hardly want to say anything else about this book because no short recap could possibly do it justice. I want to cry but haven’t managed to yet. I’m sure the tears will come. An absolutely stunning piece of fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness and Vomit

jmbz38's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

jasperchandler01's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

my god. the best case of an unreliable narrator ive ever read. an incredible journey about love, loss, and navigating life when you feel you dont belong. also trauma, lots of trauma. truly masterful storytelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death

jourdanicus's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Lovely writing, and I really enjoyed the audio. Frannie... Not the most likeable character, and such a well written example of such. I loved the way the narrative went back and forth in time, it was very smoothly and even at times poetically done. 

Climate change, extinction, suicidal ideation, loss... All very dark themes, yes, but woven together so, so well in this book, and I can forgive the darkness for its ending

on a note of hope

. I don't think the themes were handled with cynicism at all which I really appreciate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol