Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

5 reviews

dflemmons's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

I read this because I really enjoyed the John Dies at the End series. It was a fun book, but not nearly the same magic as the others. In some ways, like with the plot and characters, it felt almost like a YA novel but with Pargin’s style of mature content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Torture, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Trafficking, Body horror, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Classism, Confinement, Murder, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Someone wrote "Dick Lit even though the main character is a woman."  Yeah, that sounds about right. Ignoring plot holes and certain scenes being written simply for a punch line, it is nothing less than entertaining.  Definitely women characters written from a man's point of view and wildly passes the Beschdel test even though only 3 women talk in the whole novel. This book reads like Ernest Clines work but with much less arrogance and a lot more humour.  I'd put this down as a humorous dystopia sci-fi novel with an eerily accurate commentary on social media, smart technology, gaping wealth/poverty gaps and a city full of high technology and militia's in place of law and government sprinkled with dick and fart jokes and peppered with boobs.

Sometimes the line was blurred between satire and alarming perspective accuracy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Fatphobia, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Child abuse, Classism, Infidelity, Torture, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Violence, War, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

cserrano22's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.5

Was not a funny book. Alot of triggers and giving edgy middle school vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Classism, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Pedophilia, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Sexual content, Stalking, Trafficking, Torture, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Blood, Drug use, Murder, and Emotional abuse

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Medical trauma, Racism, Torture, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, War, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse

unboxedjack's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

3.25

Here’s the thing: this book was amusing, had some fairly spot on satirical critique of class, and did a fairly decent job keeping my attention aside from the copy being rife with grammatical and spelling errors (this publisher obviously needs to hire me as a copy editor). That being said, it was very clearly written by a cisgender white guy trying really hard to make a cisgender female character unique. Zoey was badass at times, but she definitely smacked of a manic pixie dream girl stereotype, albeit one with the humor of a 12-year-old. It’s not a great example of literature and tended to drag at times, but when I was able to suspend my critiques for a time, it was a fun read and I’m curious to see how the next in the series is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Death, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Gun violence, and Murder