Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke

10 reviews

pvp_niki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Colonisation, Abortion, and Alcohol

carageous's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Murder

whereamiwaldo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

One of my favourite CJ Cooke novels. Both Nicky and Dom’s stories were interesting to read and kept my attention. Would recommend reading!

Below will be spoilers that go into detail about the content warnings:

Animal death and cruelty:

hunting whales and other arctic animals and birds

Vomit:

mentioned several times but not in graphic detail

Rape:

while the act itself if not described in detail it is mentioned throughout the novel and is quite present.

Violence:

physical, emotional, and sexual violence are present throughout the novel in both Dom and Nicky’s stories. Very hard to avoid. The acts of violence are not described in graphic detail but are explicit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Vomit

amandaglowgetter's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Pregnancy, Child death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

victoria_catherine_shaw's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Grief

abbie_eibba's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Torture, Child death, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, Murder, Abortion, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

wytherwytch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This book wasn't great. It was predictable. The more I think or talk about this book the worse I think it was. I only finished it because it was short and I could smash it on a 12 hour flight.

It had quite a bit of detail about the rapes so be emotionally prepared if you read it. That detail didn't seem to reflect the woman's feelings on it either. More about how the men treated her. The main character is systematically raped by multiple men. In parts I felt like it sympathised towards the rapists, offering explanations for why this happened. It was also victim blaming as other characters blame the victim for not being able to let go and the character isnt allowed to move on or get back to her loved ones until she does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Body horror, Rape, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol

prdskat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Deeply moving and sad. A dark tale about the cycle of trauma. Slow beginning but riveting all the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

evawondergem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Medical content, and Self harm

_teoeo's review

This book is SO in need of trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Animal death