Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

They by Kay Dick

30 reviews

erin2802's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The overall feeling it gave was definitely ominous. not really knowing the threats that these characters face whilst also knowing what they have done is eerie. I won’t lie, sometimes i got a bit lost, Kay Dicks style of writing in this novel could be quite abrupt and to the point at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

lillimariexo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Blood

mar's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

"a sequence of unease" fuck dude it sure is. meandering yet precise, written in short, clipped sentences, this novella manages to induce a feeling of dread like very few other works i've read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

braggsy's review

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dystopiandreamgrrl's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

max138's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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? No

4.25

When reading a semce of unease is felt, both through the story, and though they haing such a different approach to writing, the act of reading felt uncomfortable (in a good way) at times.

Definitely worth a try. I feel I perpsnly would benefit from a second reading of they in the near future to understand it better. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

caitlin_123a's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

catherinebullions's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bootrat's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious reflective

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

2.0

I think the fact that I read this book as an audiobook let me down with my enjoyment of it. 
The book is a series of scenes in the narrator's life, with little context though you pick up fiarly quickly what's going on. However it didn't fit as cohesive narrative making it quite difficult to follow as an audiobook, especially when read while doing other tasks. 
I may try to get hold of a physical copy to see if it's better when I can flick back and forth in order to understand things more clearly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death and Grief

dianezeise's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture