Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'
Songbirds: From the author of the international bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
16 reviews
starlight_1313's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Death
caitlinjenk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I found this read to be insightful and eye opening, however, considering the story is about the lives of the maids I found it completely lacking in feeling with no POV from the actual women affected. While we do get insights into Nisha’s life from Petra and Yiannis, by not hearing from Nisha we have no idea on her thoughts and emotions. Additionally, the story was extremely slow and only the final few chapters were enjoyable for me. I also found the level of detail around the poaching and animal cruelty to be a bit much and very difficult to stomach.
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Miscarriage, Murder, and Death
sadiaa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Spoiler
it doesn't sugarcoat that the world is a cruel place. I liked the way the mystery of Nisha's disappearance was misdirected, we initially are led to believe it was one of the men in her life and we find out that it was actually a soldier. We are reminded of the atrocities that soldiers commit when overseas, a fact that is often skipped over in historical fiction.Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Child death, Classism, Animal death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and Pedophilia
Minor: War
yananhai's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
g_hammersmith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This was a great book, but it did start a bit slow which to me it didn’t matter. What kept me drawn in was how descriptive everything was, and of course the story.
The story is told in 2 different point of views. This book is about a missing maid in short. But it’s so much more than that.
Graphic: Animal cruelty
jg34's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
isobel_laura's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Sexual harassment, War, Animal death, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Murder, Death, Miscarriage, Child death, and Sexism
staceyinthesticks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Death
Minor: Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Grief, Kidnapping, Slavery, and Animal death
Subject of slavery is modern slaverysarah_eggleton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and War
happinessbooked's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death