Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

107 reviews

katiearcher's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

There is only one likeable character in the whole book. I thought I had this book figured out in the first 5 minutes but then it took an unexpected twist. Which I’m not sure I liked. But the ending was strong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

twistykris's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This is a horror novel I'll be haunted by for a while. This was hard to look away from- mesmerizing but grotesque. Cassidy's writing is engaging and the plot twists were unexpected for me. The last 15% of the book or so had me sitting on the couch covering my mouth in horror and disgust (and also a little glee?).

The audiobook narrator, Susan Bennett, does an absolutely INCREDIBLE job. The emotion in her voice when Mary feels angry or scared or meek is just perfectly executed.

I think some of the book was too drawn out though and it could have been trimmed down a little.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Animal death, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement, Bullying, Death of parent, and Vomit

_meeg's review

NGL dude this one was just too brutal for me. Felt too unwell to justify continuing reading after the cactus scene.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Suicide, Death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Cursing, Excrement, Gore, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

sarianotsorry's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual assault

toastrats's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Everything meaningful I could say about this book is still brewing in my head. That said, I am never going to get this quote out of my head again: "He's the shit king of fart mountain."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse and Torture

Minor: Confinement and Bullying

krodriguez96's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Cursing, Animal death, Violence, Vomit, and Death

smokeyphynix's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

What I’ve written down below isn’t really a spoiler but what the author has mentioned that I feel like is a surprise, so just to be safe I’m mentioning it. 

Something I liked that the author mentioned was how true crime podcasts were betrayed. 

In early 2020 I think is when true crime pods really became about, then it wasn’t til a couple years later people went “hey this isn’t great” and now I agree. Having people retell peoples deaths or the worst part of their lives for entertainment is really disturbing. 

Clearly the author pokes fun at My favorite murder and how chippy and happy they are to recount actual gruesome murders and then being sponsored in between stories. Because in then end, this massacre becomes media, I knew this was true but to see it come full circle and play out is kinda eye opening.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Violence

alexisgarcia's review

dark mysterious tense 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

2.0

hmm… major content warnings here. i do appreciate women’s issues, especially later in life, being amplified and normalized. however, it might just be me but i feel like people enjoying watching or conducting sexual violence shouldn’t be in horror. it feels like the author is just grasping at straws trying to find anything that will scare readers. it  made me sick to my stomach, but not in the way horror should. this was also 150 pages too long. the plot itself was really unique and had a lot of promise, but i think the author copped-out on a lot of the “scares”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, and Grief

bookswithmeghann's review

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Death, and Blood

elsebeok's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Murder, Blood, and Torture