Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

El Padrino by Mario Puzo

13 reviews

greenan26's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Abortion

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kate_has_book_thoughts's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Antisemitism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Cancer, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

martine3's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Racism, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

peachmoni's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

mylargirl's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

This book's enduring popularity is due entirely to the films. It is an example of when a work of cinema far exceeds the quality of its source material. Having said that, it's a fun work of pulp fiction and I loved it as a kid for the racy bits and violence. I read it far too young! I would not reread it or recommend it to anyone who didn't have a particular taste for seedy, extremely violent pulp gangster fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

This is a 1970s pulp gangster novel. Expect every single trigger warning imaginable, including a few you didn't necessarily expect! Proceed at your own risk.

virgohorror's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

while this book is great for many reasons, don’t go in expecting the movie. puzo takes his time with this narrative, and often leads the reader into long, ponderous detours about side characters that can get pretty tiresome after a while. it’s a family saga in the most literal sense of the phrase, with all that entails. still, what’s good is fucking good. there’s a reason this is a classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

saskia6's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

the parts about johnny were pretty irrelevant, but i did like the way they broke it up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

emilyharmonica's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion