Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

210 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

nalabi69's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, Child abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Abandonment, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, and Murder

Minor: Terminal illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Misogyny, Mental illness, Stalking, Sexism, Police brutality, and Panic attacks/disorders

ellysiap's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Rape

random_yardstick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

the novel is very literary and very intense. i just wasn’t drawn into a lot of the characters. i HATED hazel, but i thought that what it had to say was very interesting. the entire discussion surrounding the death penalty and the choices we make both informing and being informed by the people we are was extremely interesting and thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Animal death

lunalorenne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

While the prose ran a bit too purple at times making certain passages sound pretentious in their reach to sound intelligent and profound, this book gave me chills. I actually appreciated having Ansel’s POV and I thought putting it in second person was an interesting creative choice. I liked the push and pull his story had on my heart where I hurt for the child and burned with rage for the man he turned into while understanding that society and the system failed him and thus failed those women. I appreciated how the women’s voices were the focus of the story and that it explored the complicated and messy feelings that they grappled with throughout their lives. The book truly explores the ways that violent men’s actions ripple out into a collective female trauma that is both unique to each woman and universal in its impact. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood, Addiction, and Alcoholism

falibat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Alcoholism

justinareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident and Abandonment

thecheeseowl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

This book held up a mirror to reality. If Ancel Packer was on 2020 I don't think anyone would bat an eye. The cruelty of the world is on full display.

This story similar to Ancel himself was truly fascinated with morality and what serial kills say about humanity as a whole along with what does love truly look like and how can something like love be corrupted. 

There have been people who argue that the book is too sympathetic to Ancel. I disagree throughout the whole book until I got to the end where now I understand what they were saying. But I would still argue that the book isn't arguing that Ancel is a good person it is just arguing that he is a person. That there was something there that could have been but wasn't because of what he did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Child abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Racism

Minor: Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

jesliwen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

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

5.0

i never cry at books but this one got me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism