Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Die Aosawa-Morde by Riku Onda

3 reviews

hmetwade's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

lilifane's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

There seem to be two kinds of Japanese novels for me. Either I love them from the first to the last page... or I love them until about 85% of the book and then the endings disappoints me. This one falls under the second category, I fear. 
I really enjoyed it for the most part. Spent the whole day reading and couldn't put it down because I was so intrigued by the story and the way it was told. Loved the atmosphere. The characters and plot were fascinating. I enjoyed the writing style and the themes. But then the ending... ah, I felt let down. Or maybe I just didn't understand it. Which would also be disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

berodatheelf's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

3.0

It took a little bit of time to get into the style but once cracked I was intrigued by the plot . I enjoyed the multiple POVs and it was interesting to see how they were all somehow connected. I did get a little confused by the ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicide, and Murder