Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

9 reviews

lanid's review against another edition

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Murder, War, Animal death, Blood, and Gore

frogcollecting's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, War, Violence, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Misogyny, Medical content, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Rape, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, and Confinement

wirt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Animal death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content and Rape

sinceraly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

I thought the prose of the book was very well written and as a retelling of the Aeneid I suppose it did it's job, but I didn't pick this book up just to be a retelling of the Aeneid.

The book, for at least 50% of it's pages, just retells beat by beat it's specific part of the Aeneid. For a book named Lavinia I hoped it would have focused more on Lavinia herself - her thought patterns, her development, her feelings on things. And sometimes, especially towards the second half, it does. But so much of it revolves around the men in her life - her father, her husband, her son. I would have loved to learn more about Lavinia, what she wanted from herself, her life. 

I think, despite the prose being wonderful, this book's shortcoming comes from promising a story it doesn't really tell, and that's a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, War, Suicide, Misogyny, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

ashhearddwrites's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, War, Animal death, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

featherinthewind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

Such an amazing book by an amazing author. I must admit that at first, I did have trouble getting through this book. It confused me, and had really tested my mind, but as I continued reading and started to understand the words on the page, it got much more interesting. The fight scenes, as told by a girl who knew nothing about fighting were very tedious and I often times wanted to give up, but I still got through them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Child abuse

tinavonk's review against another edition

Boring and written weird

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Animal death

apierlessbridge's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Violence

malloryfitz's review against another edition

reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Grief