Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Curator by Owen King

5 reviews

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Classism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

powellki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

I wanted more about the cats and their secret communes of meeting in the abandoned theater. Not whatever this mess was. I read it... but I still couldn't tell you what it was about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Racism, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, War, Alcoholism, Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Bullying, Animal death, Body horror, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Mental illness

scienceoftrash's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

It’s not about cats. The cats are basically scenery. It’s so slow, and the characters are flat with little/no growth. If you’re looking for something to test your patience, this is it. You wait and wait while nothing happens for 200 pages and then -bam- it’s over, you get a couple plot points wrapped up (kind of), and you still don’t get the whole cat thing.  I’m just thankful I borrowed it from the library and didn’t pay for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Torture, and War

Minor: Suicide and Alcoholism

ashtheaudiomancer's review

4.25

Very good, but a lot of detail, and a bit confusing. You really need to pay attention with your whole brain to get what's going on. I'm not a huge fan of literary anything, particularly literary fantasy, but this is one of the better ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, and Animal death

corix's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Death, Murder, Rape, and Violence