Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

143 reviews

jackiepreston's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

7cleo7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Body shaming and War

worththecandle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Antisemitism, and Murder

Minor: Genocide and Sexual content

earth_to_mars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, and War

callistag1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, and War

city_girl_writer's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was a really good fantasy debut from Ava Reid. A story about religion, tradition, and identity with a slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance steeped in history and Jewish mythology. Reid's writing is more grounded here than A Study in Drowning (my first work by them), so I would recommend this book to non-flowery writing fantasy readers. I got lost a little bit towards the end, but more of a me-problem than a book-problem in my honest opinion. Nonetheless, I am glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and War

lenelchlein's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Religious bigotry

grrrcait's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Lesbophobia

antonya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

Slow first half, fast second half. Second half is very much a fever dream.

The villain was absurdly evil with little to no backing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Bullying

evelphysicist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: War