Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Saving Grace - Bis dein Tod uns scheidet by B.A. Paris

244 reviews

goobyworm23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

The plot of the book is 5/5. It had such great potential to be a horrifying psychological thriller. 

Unfortunately, the writing was too…. Obvious? Cheesy? The writing just didn’t land for me - it made it seem like a low budget scary movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting

cate_g1259's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ! I have been reading the shining for about 6 months and am only half way through it so decided to pick up something fast paced to get me out of my slump. It took me 4 hours to read this book and I did not put it down once. You think you know what is going to happen be trust me, you are 100% wrong. Oh what I would do yo read it all over again for the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

4lexa's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book had interesting components but ultimately just felt unbelievable most of the time.  It wasn’t boring but at no point did I understand the motive of the husband/villian.  To go into specifics,

if Grace was in love and willing to do anything for her husband, WHY would he risk that security by revealing his evil plan to her?  It was giving Dr. Doofenshmirtz. 
Also I never really took Grace seriously considering she guilt tripped her mom into keeping her sister, Millie, and then used ODing to “convince” her parents to give her custody of her young sister with Down syndrome when Grace was maybe 20?.  It was entertaining but very unrealistic.

The representation of Down Syndrome was okay but Millie did feel very infantilized and gullible, and I felt that more negative traits were highlighted than positive.

  It sometimes felt like her sister manipulated her by taking advantage of her Down syndrome. 

Overall it was okay, won’t recommend it due to the triggers and the fact that I didn’t enjoy it a ton.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

tupeloallie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Alcohol

stephie21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Confinement

peelemr's review against another edition

dark fast-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

Misogynist trauma porn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

alybowker's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

caitbop5's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abortion

mad_dog_reads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

rhondag354's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse