Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Pilna burna paukščių by Samanta Schweblin

23 reviews

christiona's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal cruelty and Violence

ireneac's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

millyfox's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

wikikapusta's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Violence, and Abortion

savvylit's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Schweblin is an absolute master of realism-rooted horror. In Headlight, a group of abandoned brides gather their rage. In Butterflies, a man idolizes his daughter's beauty to devastating effect. In Toward Happy Civilization, a man finds himself forced to live at a train station. Every single one of the stories in this collection is a bite-sized experience of discomfort. Highly recommend this for anyone who enjoys horror where the scariest thing is human nature.

 One of the stories, The Test, is solely about animal cruelty. I personally had to skim it because I cannot stomach reading about that type of violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

The two page story, Butterflies, had my jaw on the floor. TWO PAGES, and it is by far my favorite in this collection. There were several stories in here that I really just did not understand, but I found most of them to be quite good, and just straight up bizzare. This is definitely an author that I am going to keep my eye on for future releases ! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lain_darko's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism

angela_iseli's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

mtownreads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder