Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

154 reviews

tarareadsalot's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This is by far the best book I have ever read.
And even if it wasn't, there was a

black kitten called Ocean

that would still make me love this book.
I have no words to describe how much this resonated with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, and Excrement

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence

common_nonsense's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Infidelity

b_witchment's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

spookfish's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It's always difficult to review horror, as I have to separate my physical feelings of discomfort with what I think objectively about it.
Found myself asking "why?" a lot of the time, without answer from Gaiman. There are parts of this book where it doesn't feel sure of where it is trying to head itself. It makes sense knowing this was supposed to be a short story that was extended into a novel. Not a bad book by all means, just... lacking something for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, and Blood

sambiina's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death

ivywall's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I’m confused but happy about it. The ending of the book felt like waking up from a dream. Well written and classic “monster in the house” horror without being gut wrenchingly scary.

My favorite part was when he had to stay in the fairy ring and fight his demons.

Lovely descriptions and use of POV. Reminded me a bit of A Series of Unfortunate Events. I would also like to sit by the duck pond {ocean} and drink a cup of tea. 🐈‍⬛🌊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

corriejn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Gaiman's typical engaging, quirky/creative storytelling (real world setting with fantasy elements). A very enjoyable shorter novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Vomit