Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

81 reviews

acrosstheskyinstars's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol

monicadel's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty

saragrayyy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

JUST FINISHED THIS AND IT IS NOT WORTH READING. Neurotic old woman

kills her dog in an attempt to evade her own morality.

genuinely beyond annoying character and flat plot line. Felt like I was spiralling while reading it, how awful. That being said it is so typical Moshfegh and I do really enjoy her writing, poetic style and general depravity. I’ve come to expect this feeling when reading her books, and in a way I crave this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

pagesandtales's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

mementomoriiv's review against another edition

I realized what happens at the end and I want to save myself the emotional upheaval. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

theequeenbrie's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Fatphobia

vavocado's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

unhingedreader's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death and Fatphobia

brightface77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

If you are looking for a thriller about investigating a potential murder, I’m not sure if this book is for you. However, if you are looking for a beautifully written character study of an elderly widow coming to terms with the isolation of old age and the reality of a limited future, I’d highly recommend it.

Too many times women of older generations have had to limit their lives so much that all they have left is the resentment this causes and the jealous judgement of others. What becomes of you when all the people you resented are gone and you are left with only emptiness? What do you decide to fill it with? This book is one story of how it might come to be.

If you were looking for more of a slow burn thriller rather than character study, I highly recommend Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Nobel Prize winning Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Infidelity

trinefuqit's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty