Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

7 reviews

manderine0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

The time-line and person seaking can sometimes be confusing, but I think that's a purposeful device.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit and Gaslighting

maddireads13's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, and Alcohol

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

2.5

you know...i went into this book thinking i wouldnt like it as i HATE the only other book ive read by this author so i was pleasantly surprised to not hate it, but its not as if i liked it a bunch either :/
this book up until the last 7 or so chapters is just...a bunch of NOTHING happening aside from partying and drinking and drugs and horrible parenting and bad decisions on behalf of almost all the characters, and then its like everything starts happening simultaneously and none of it makes much sense at first because theres wasnt a gradual lead up of like...anything??? or, there was a lead up but it was so fukcing convoluted that it just ended up making things much more confusing. the hints that are dropped need hints to help understand them, i swear. the writing also isnt the best either. there are pockets of really good writing (i feel like the few snippets of poetry were really good, i would have liked more!!!) but for the most point its just kind of boring. and i guess its alright because this book is the first in a trilogy and it did sent things okay for more books, but just as the book is itself its definitely nothing special.
oh also i hated all the sexual scenes between the teens in this book. i dont wanna be reading about that!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Incest

theolivetree's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, and Colonisation

sabrinagreads's review

dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

noreadingdegree's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i went in expecting to enjoy this, but am still shocked at just HOW much i enjoyed it. i loved this. i love love loved it. i did only listen to this via audiobook, but the narrator, jason ryll, was an absolute delight. this book had me cracking up the whole time and i couldn't help but love jared and his messy ass self and family 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

bookishbrittany's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was great and I can't believe it took me so long to read this. It's going to be more of a contender for Canada Reads then I thought Becuase even though it's the 1st book of a series where your only getting a 3rd of the full story it can hold up as a stand alone too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death