Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

35 reviews

amy_in_the_city's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Transphobia, Animal death, Eating disorder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Vomit

f18's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Bullying, Gore, and Transphobia

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Cursing

librarymouse's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book has great asexual representation! The mystery is not too hard to solve, but it's explored in a fun and engaging way. I enjoy the different moral alignments of the characters and how they affiliate and differ depending on the worlds that drew them in. Jack is a particular favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body horror, Child death, Death, Medical content, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Deadnaming

Minor: Animal death

Eating disorder tagged because there is a major focus on the main character's eating habits and her loss of a need to eat in a way that would sustain people due to the changes to her body as imposed by the rules in the Halls of the Dead.

erebus53's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I read this as  a Book Club recommendation. The start of it felt very promising but about half way through I felt like the pace changed and it became less of an ethereal romp through a boarding school populated by children who have entered magical worlds, and more of a humdrum murder mystery.

I love the representation of diverse sexuality and neurodiversity and Disability rep in Seanan McGuire's books, but the actual plot of this story didn't grab me as much as the setting and characters.

 

It felt a bit like Wednesday Adams visits Willy Wonka, (some fae scary energy there) and then they spend half a book trying to figure out who is offing the Oompaloopas.

Worth a read but I need to learn not to get my hopes up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

xosirenox's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Eating disorder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Transphobia, Animal death, and Medical content

alyvia_jeane's review

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Death, Animal death, Transphobia, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

amazelan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

j'ai ADORÉ, c'est un remix d'Alice au pays des Merveilles mais en beaucoup + sombre et intriguant, et juste en globalement mieux.
les personnages sont intéressants et très relatable, et c'est un peu frustrant de pas en avoir appris + sur elleux
l'écriture est incroyable aussi, c'est une nouvelle donc c'est court mais j'ai eu l'impression d'avoir lu un roman avec plus de pages tellement l'univers l'histoire et tout est bien ficelé
et puis juste l'ambiance du livre est incroyable, le mix fantastique-thriller version YA est parfait là

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Animal death, and Torture

spooderalec's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I would’ve enjoyed a few more pages to expand some detail so it’s less rushed. The ending is good but would’ve loved what was being set up instead of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Kidnapping, and Vomit

Minor: Transphobia, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Eating disorder, and Animal death

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Loved this story and I feel like it's the start to a great series. Immediately interesting and intriguing. Mysterious and a bit dark. Fantastic representation. Quick read, and great narration on audio.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, and Animal death

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Deadnaming