Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Birds in the Mouth by Samanta Schweblin

5 reviews

frogbooknook's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Infidelity

heidishartrandnewell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Death, Violence, Murder, Infertility, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Homophobia, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Racism, Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

wikikapusta's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Violence, and Abortion

horizonous's review against another edition

I read 10/20 stories and didn't like / understand any of it:

1. Headlights - ⭐️⭐️
2. Preserves - ⭐️
3. Butterflies - ⭐️⭐️
4. Mouthful of Birds - ⭐️⭐️
5. Santa Claus Sleeps at Our House - ⭐️
6. The Digger - ⭐️
7. Irman - ⭐️
8. The Test - ⭐️
9. Toward Happy Civilization - ⭐️⭐️
10. Olingiris -❌(DNF)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Abortion, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Infidelity, and Vomit

◦ Mental illness = Depression

kelseyland's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Samanta Schweblin's stories are the creepiest kind of horror, the kind that magnifies and exaggerates the ugliness of humanity. These short stories are strange, surreal and haunting, the kind of thing that sticks with you for a long time after you've read it, for better or worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity