Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

24 reviews

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, and Suicide

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Stalking, Torture, Death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

rene_reads02's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Aside from the main character this book had a lot of potential. But I felt like a lot of the choices she made were just so horribly stupid it made her unlovable as a character.

Like even if you thought someone could be framing you

…the choices she was making made her look awful. Straight dumb and you’re supposed to be a doctor ma’am? I felt like I was yelling at her the entire book. The overall storyline is actually good if you can get over the personality of the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Animal death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

jennshelfishlife's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Grief, Bullying, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Gun violence

anasapo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Blood, Bullying, Suicide, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Infidelity, and Stalking

ericanoll11's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Suicide

keeparas's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

I probably would have rated this book a 4.5 if I read it instead of listening to it. The narrator ruined a lot of this book. The storyline itself is a classic McFadden with a twist I thought I figured out, but didn't see coming. One of her better ones, honestly. But the narrator was horrible. She made the characters sound angry and argumentative the entire time. I will definitely be staying away from books narrated by her in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Gore

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

Why am I reading these books that clearly aren’t for me?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual assault, Cancer, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail