Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

13 reviews

etosaurus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Animal death

Minor: Genocide

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.0

maybe just the mood I'm in but it never quite clicked for me :( the spiders were cool though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Sexism, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism

Spiders, insects. Passing use of cr*pple/d, single use of the R slur.

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Xenophobia, Animal death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Death, Abandonment, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

thecheryl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Just go read it! Right now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Cursing

Moderate: Gun violence

count_zero's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: War, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Death

Spiders. Lots of spiders.

valjeanval's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was a real surprise. The word “epic” gets thrown around a lot, but this is the actual definition of epic. It’s a sweeping, perspective-bending epic that anyone could enjoy except perhaps arachnophobes.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Classism, Violence, Sexism, Death, Cursing, and Blood

marsh_mall0w's review

adventurous hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Mental illness, Animal death, Xenophobia, Violence, and Abortion

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

verinvaldez's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: War and Animal death

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Gore, Colonisation, War, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

cookiecat73's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, War, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Incest, Pregnancy, and Alcohol