Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

12 reviews

drazihnya's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

"That I want to die here, mired in the cold. That I want to race them to Death’s carriage, exceeding their pace but only just, never going so far as to be unable to turn and corset their fingers in mine. That eternity is a worthless bauble without their conversation. That I would follow them into the demise of the universe where every heaven and each hell is shuttered, and there is nothing of us but motings of wan light, and there is no bodily apparatus with which to express affection, no recourse save to glow weakly in worship until at last, such things are swallowed too by the dark. That I would love them even then. As long as a moiety of conscious thought persists, I will love them. I will love them to the death of days."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty

leafhead's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

lovesagespages's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Gore

nicoleonbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I've never read anything like this and I likely never will again. A story fit for ancient mythology. So incredibly gory. No appetite post read. Heartbreaking. Breathtaking. Absolutely insane, bonkers, wild. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

andibrimi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i don’t know what the fuck she’s saying, but girl i am living!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

moonytoast's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

jesus_wept's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

yenanena's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

ayoderable's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Very weird in a good way. Sometimes the writing was a bit too flowery for me but it wasn't totally distracting. The story disturbing in a good way, felt like a fever dream. Power dynamics. Appropriation of native peoples. Karma. For some reason the descriptions of the Mc eating flesh were the things that stood out the most for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail