Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Tjenestepiken til Omicunlé by Rita Indiana

7 reviews

waterbear0821's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

Well. I didn’t really enjoy this. It was too filthy and distressing and literary. It was deeply unpleasant and full of slurs and violence and harm. But the story is brilliant and bizarre and I know it will stick with me and I’ll probably want to read it again. 
Pros: 
-well-executed, unique sci-fi time travel
-twisty and brain-expanding
-captivating description of dystopian future; good world-building
Cons:
-truly how many racial slurs and homophobic slurs and how much violent misogyny must I read?
-so, so many content warnings 
-the author is a musician and the droning, pretentious descriptions of the songs and music characters are playing or listening to throughout the book are cringe and insufferable 
-high on aesthetics, light on plot. I’m curious what this author will write in the future

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Murder, and Cultural appropriation

rigeloutinspace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Colonisation, and Classism

This book is a challenging read and tackles a lot of challenging stuff, but i found it educational, thoughtful provoking, and inspiring. Was hard to put down once I was in it.

hfrancesh's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal cruelty

clara_ward's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, and Antisemitism

caropi's review against another edition

emotional informative 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: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Rape

raenyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is so weird but also super interesting! I liked how it all came together at the end and as a Marine biologist I enjoyed the marine elements!
There are parts I'm not sure on the point of though which lowers my rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

jelka_theclimatereader's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty, Deadnaming, Drug use, and Murder