Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Island by Adrian McKinty

50 reviews

devinceleste's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

wondahwoman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Colonisation, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Terminal illness and Alcoholism

soniaa5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Bullying, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Rape, Torture, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Vomit, Violence, and Addiction

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Torture, and Violence

princess_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Body horror, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Sexual violence, Suicide, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Vomit

ladyinverse's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this easily went from a 4 🌟 read to a 5 🌟 simply because there was ambient noise  and sound effects that truly elevated the listening experience. 1000/10 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death

joanneh1's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

destinied's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I don’t normally like books where there is this much gore, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. I truly have no idea why, but I believe the fast pace, semi-fantastical storyline, underscored by the off-the-grid type backdrop just did it for me. While some characters behaved a little more dramatically in the story than they (probably) would in real life, I felt the storyline echoed something real. I definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a quick, intense thriller. Perfect  for Halloween 🎃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Genocide and War

jkar7's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.75

This book was fantastic. I had no idea what it was about going in, and was quickly intrigued. I found it to be pretty fast paced. I grew to like the characters. The only things keeping me from rating this 5 stars is that I often found myself thinking "how would they know that?" or "Yeah right". If the characters' backgrounds were built out a bit more, I might feel differently but overall I appreciated that it ramped up quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gore, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

dev921's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Drug use, Blood, and Car accident