Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall

39 reviews

michaelapr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I don't have much to say on this one. It was a good story and I enjoyed the audio book. It's not quite a 4, however. Maybe it's the ending, which felt a bit unsatisfying, or maybe certain parts felt too drug out with too many bad things happening one after another - I'm not sure. Overall a good read, though. I enjoyed listening to it, it was pretty fast paced, and I was rooting for Jesse the whole time!

Though I have a question for those who have read it - Was Hatchet like this?? I was one of the few students who did not read Hatchet in elementary school and I'm just curious as there was a Hatchet reference and both books appear alike on a surface level.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

culicibae's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

tillywa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I think I now understand the rating on this book. Definitely not my favorite Kate Alice Marshall book. And I probably should have read the trigger warnings/they weren't specific enough to cover what I needed.

A death of a pet is worse for me than hunting animals to stay alive this book has both.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

lolra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

angrynerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

the dog dies in this one

mariposa_ca's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

This was a great adventure book, harrowing and gripping. I loved every second of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Murder

christy15reads's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

While reading the first half of the book, I thought Jess was whiney and annoying - the "woe is me" type. And I didn't really care for the anti-God remarks from her dad. The second half of the book, I was more worried about the dog, because he was the only character I actually liked. It's a survival story, but not one of my favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

solitarelee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Medical content

Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

kparrbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

sphelps269's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

I really didn’t like this book unfortunately. I don’t prefer how much of it was the main character alone and absolutely hated the ending.

Major trigger warning for animal death and violence 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

the dog dies