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Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

6 reviews

masonwe's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

I really did not like this I almost dnf’d it

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

priscillarobock's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kaitoro_walker13's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

4.75

Wow.
I went into this book expecting a normal book of short stories. Boy was I wrong.
This is one of the most shocking, disturbing, fantastic short story collections I have ever read.
Not only did it shake me to the core, it gripped me with interesting characters, great writing and fluctuating story length. 
Marvellous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual content and Abortion

smithreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

mermaidsherbet's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

tashasbooks's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

Nineteen Claws and A Black Bird is a translated book of 20 short stories that cover the macabre and disturbing. 

With each different story spanning different ideas and plots, there were obviously some that disturbed me and left a bigger impact. My favorites included: A Light, Swift, and Monstrous Sound; Roberto; Teicher vs. Nietzsche; and The Solitary Ones. Some of these stories are more reminiscent of a short horror story, whereas others explore themes that are gut-wrenching. 

In general, this book is extremely disturbing and is not a book of body or gore horror, but more psychological and these stories make you think and come to the realizations, nothing is straight forward. It invokes feelings of terror and disturbance, and overall I think that's the overarching goal when reading these. Just make sure to check trigger warnings ahead of time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal cruelty