Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

31 reviews

sftomlinson's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

jerica_mercado's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Sexual violence, and Violence

bessadams's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Incest

mbes16's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.75

The book has an intriguing premise and is well written. However, I didn't connect with it as well as I'd hope

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty

lilbookowl's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Infertility

lizziemarie01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Alcohol

pandaplantain's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Blood

dmariefern's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

TRIGGER WARNING readers. I struggled to get into it. However I’m happy I kept at it. There were a lot of chafed gees and storylines to keep up with that at times got confusing however I did  truly enjoy it and read it fast after I got past the first few chapters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

meliemelo's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

2.75

 Crime novels aren't known for their boundless optimism, but this one seemed especially bleak. While crafting very nuanced characters, Paula Hawkins did not care for making them likeable with the exception of Irene and, to a point, Laura. The "One who got away" chapters were an interesting enough idea but ended up being a bit repetitive and didn't bring much to the book in the end (and the end of that particular thread had me roll my eyes). Finally, I felt the book lacked tension and purpose beyond the "whodunnit", and even that didn't keep my interest up much.

It's not a bad crime novel, and there were definitely some very good ideas in there, but it definitely doesn't compare to the author's previous works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism