Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

36 reviews

beebalm's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

There may have been things lost in translation here. While I often forget that Tender is the Flesh was translated, I found that quirks of wording pulled me out of this. I think it was the right length although flowing between perspectives made it harder to follow st times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

allapaz's review against another edition

nope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Vomit

library_goth's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed the writing style and some of the monologues (even though the thought processes didn’t make sense for six year olds), but that’s about where my enjoyment ends. I read the reviews on this and knew what I was getting into, but this really is the most dismal book imaginable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Car accident

gknott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

vermethys's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Car accident

pierreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

yourfavavery's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.5

So I wanted to read this because I heard it billed as Lord of the Flies but with six-year-olds. That's sort of what it is, but instead of factions with some bullies and some victims, it mostly has one psychopathic kid and a series of deadly misfortunes that can happen to scared kids when they're alone in the woods.

It has a moral of life being messy, not having a "happy ending" or a "moral" or "theme", that sometimes bad things just happen and there isn't always hope to be gleaned from a terrible situation.

Overall, it's a good novella - I breezed through it in one night - but don't look here for any warm and fuzzies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Murder

winsomefish's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

deirdrizzle's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I don't generally get a physical reaction from reading, but the last 10% or so had me feeling nauseous. It's time for a light, fluffy palate cleanser. 

Having taught first grade, the kids were completely unrealistic. Their thoughts and actions took me out of the story a bit.

The calm narrator of the audiobook made this even more unsettling.  I highly recommend listening to this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, and Vomit

enchantressreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child abuse