Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

73 reviews

arabellaruby's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Stalking

adaora_ble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Outing

glen3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol and Stalking

billi3louise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I was so excited to be able to read more about Aled and get further insight into his life after meeting him in Heartstopper. 
I am still really glad I did but I was not ready for the heartbreaking story I just read. 
I thoroughly enjoyed the book nonetheless and am happy to have met all these new characters. 

I have a lot of things to say about Carol Last but I won’t go too deep because I’m sure you all understand if you’ve read it. It’s just the hair snip. The room rearranging. The dog???!!?! I have never been so angry with a character before. 
Also February is such a pretty middle name.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Animal death

nowjamie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

depression and self-isolation in university, disordered eating

this_is_lee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

4.75

Alice continues to completely blow me away. This book was dark and felt with some rather heavy topics and yet I could not bring myself to put this book down. I was drawn to each and every character and the plot/subplots were interesting and just pulled me in further and feather till suddenly I was at the end. 
I absolutely love the message and theme of this book. It’s one of Discovery, loss, and defying societal standards. 
Overall, such a spot on book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Body shaming and Bullying

sodafer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

damn man wth 


some points off because after what felt like a falling action going at 500 miles per hour, the ending slammed the brakes. Although the book is awesome and it the ending leaves u wanting a bit more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Eating disorder

mothica's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Mental illness

lolajh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ALICE FUCKING OSEMAN. Holy shit. Each book I read of Alice’s is somehow better than the last. This book had everything: brown and other poc main characters, bisexual, lesbian, gay, aspec and pansexual characters, and all of these characters not being in there just for the rep but having vital roles in the story. Reading this book as a teenager did allow me to reflect a lot on myself, as this books portrays beautifully how teenagers interact and behave and stress about adulthood, but it also says that university isn’t the only option for having a successful and enjoyable life, which is such an incredibly important theme needed in contemporary books like these aimed towards young adults. This book’s portrayal of mental illnesses as well was perfect and relatable, whilst heartbreaking. How Alice is able to portray all these themes so perfectly I will never know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Sexual content

buttonburner's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty