Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

52 reviews

0ogazanami's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Body horror

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

brainbread's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

1.75

it was a kinda fun read ngl, but it was really short. sometimes it felt like things were missing and the pacing would feel a bit rushed, but it is less than 100 pages and that can all be boiled down to the unreliable narrator but even that feels like a cop out. there is a lot of /I'm just gonna tell you what happened/. honestly, it felt like if you took the sentences and made it bullet points it would read in the exact same way as the book did. that is to say, it feels like plot points were listed and the important bits are randomly added on to make the story make sense while not having any real footing. it felt like it needed to be expanded upon greatly, which makes sense since it is less than 100 pages

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

possible tws: if you like animals, then I'd say maybe be cautious of this book. similarly, there is violence against a poc character initiated by the white, main character so if that may be troubling to you, maybe avoid this book

hen800's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A really effective, depraved horror. Poetically written - but I didn’t find the main character’s obsession with vultures that believable, as we’re thrust into extreme thoughts from the start. Would’ve been more believable if the descent into obsession was slower, so it felt less like a gross-out horror that just intended to shock.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

heartachesbi's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism

booknerdqueen's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Cannibalism

hayleyw's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment

keddy4306's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

HAHAHA only read this to induce vomiting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

ennzito24's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. Some parts made me very uncomfortable and others had be completely encapsulated. I just couldn't put the book down! Expect lots of gross scenes and very dark undertones as you dwelve into the mind of a woman obsessed with vultures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dosxhime's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

miss_choon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent