Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

8 reviews

e11en's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal cruelty

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

5.0

I love Deborah Levy. This book hit at the right time for me — I think it’s a perfect existential mid-20s book that explores family, identity, feeling like a passenger in your own life, and general uncertainty about the future. Let’s just say I can relate to Sofia.  

I totally see how this book is not for everyone — it’s weird and slow and very much literary fiction. I read this slowly, too, and it has lived in my mind for a month. There’s so much to unpack and analyze in this book — it’s definitely one with a reread in its future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

curiosophie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Abandonment, Drug use, and Animal cruelty

lycheejelly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content

amberrenfrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming

wrackcity's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment and Animal cruelty

my_plant_library's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Chronic illness and Animal cruelty

Minor: Addiction

agata's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty