Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Drift by C.J. Tudor

23 reviews

charvisioku's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

This is hands down my favourite read this year. I couldn't put it down and didn't see any of the twists coming. I won't do a detailed review because I think this book is best to go into blind, but DAMN. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, Excrement, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Rape, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Suicide

jamielikestoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

redtemptation's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual violence, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Gun violence, Car accident, Cursing, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: Animal death

shellanor_rigby's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Suicide and Rape

xxkatastrophe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

After being in a reading slump this past month, I really needed a good Tudor book, and this delivered

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death, Pedophilia, and Vomit

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

paronomaniac's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

Minor: Animal death

valmai's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Gore

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The story begins with a chilling tease, something to whet the reader's appetite before starting on a journey that includes multiple narrators in multiple locations, all facing dire circumstances. Social dynamics are a driving force, making it critical for the characters in each storyline to work with those whom they're sharing space. Everyone is unsure of the dangers, desperate to survive, and there's a common thread running through all the storylines.

This is isolated thriller at its finest, in a treacherous environment... times three! The book jumps around from narrator to narrator so at times it takes a little work to keep the people and events straight. The author, C.J. Tudor is a really good storyteller, and I was wrapped up in all three stories as their told simultaneously. I didn't mind jumping from story to story and felt that provided a forward-moving dynamic and kept me guessing about what was really going on to cause all the calamity being experienced by these people.

This book is deceptively complex, and I thought it was fantastic. There are characters to love and hate, or at least to root for and against. Human nature is on full display and how we ultimately value relationships can end up meaning life or death in the brutal apocalyptic environment imposed on the people that populate the three interrelated stories that make up this book. The book's finale is a jaw dropper that I didn't see coming, and the perfect conclusion. 

I recommend avoiding reviews for fear of one spoiler in particular that can steal away from you what I thought was a clever payoff in the final chapters.

I listened to the audiobook and really appreciated that there were two distinct sounding narrators, Nathalie Buscombe and Rachel Handshaw. Because of the three stories presented in the book, having different narrators helped to differentiate which character and story I was listening to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

tabby2920's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Although I have to read something uplifting after this one, this is one of the most innovative thrillers I've read in a while. Full of suspense and horror, Tudor rides you with this edge-of-your-seat apocalyptic thriller. With the amazing ability to use genre-blending, readers will have fun figuring out how the three perspectives connect in this horrific puzzle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Chronic illness, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Medical trauma, Animal death, and Vomit