Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Milkman by Anna Burns

56 reviews

immi_rae's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

clare_dv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

humanskeleton's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicide and Stalking

chanatova's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Very oddly written book without much of a plot. Honestly, I’m not sure how I feel about it. There were lots of run on sentences and the plot wasn’t necessarily discernible. I’m still not sure what just happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Police brutality

Minor: Homophobia

lindsaylhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

One moment this favourite sibling, the second eldest boy, the sixteen-year-old and the most calm and beloved of that family, was making his way over the street towards his nervous, panicked brother, to discourse with him, once again to try to soothe him in his wild nuclear distraction. Next, this teenager was on the ground with his head completely gone. Not ever, not even after the commotion died down, did anybody find it.

I genuinely cannot believe I managed to finish this book. Equal parts captivating and utterly confusing, I've never felt such relief to close a book for the final time whilst equally wishing it not to end.

I completely understand why this wouldn't be for everyone (the prose is absolutely killer throughout), but I think in a market over-saturated with accounts of how society was during the Troubles, this book breathes new life into such a turbulent time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

gnatroberts's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

novelspirits's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Gun violence

alishaabrahamsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

matcha_cat's review against another edition

Boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Colonisation

aiscii's review against another edition

dark funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's written in a meandering, spoken word, Irish way that I think would've been confusing if I hadn't read it all in one go.

There are a lot of no-name characters, each struggling with the same problems but our narrator makes a point of keeping her head down and not talking about it. 

Middle sister has a great vocabulary but no words to describe sexually predatory behaviour, even to herself.

Everything is awful all of the time (with the, you know, situation) but there's humour in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and War