Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Acércate by Sara Gran

18 reviews

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, and Violence

a_leo_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Extremely well written and thought out.  But the racing felt off, and the finale was not as satisfying as the lead up. ALL of the character , including the demon, we insufferable humans to read about. But damn was it not effectivel  terrifying. Full review eventually .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Classism

frekdal's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, Gore, and Murder

carbinara's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed this book! Quick and fun read to set the mood for halloween, although sometimes felt it was a little too quick and dramatic. Still, had a good time reading it :)

Felt proper bad for Amanda come the end bless x

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Murder, Death, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

thereadingdude's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, and Gore

morbidmyrna's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Murder, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

lavendar_fr0g's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A realistic look into how the average person would react to getting possessed. 
As in, a bunch of denial and more ‘sane’ explanations til it’s too late. You can sympathize with Amanda, with the way her life falls apart and she loses control. You can’t blame her either- because possession & demons don’t exist, right? 

Could’ve done without the demons lore or whatever, as that didn’t interest me much but it didn’t take away from the story- wouldn’t you want to know everything about what’s happening to you?

I feel bad for her and her loved ones by the end of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

somelatenightreading's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty

imrath's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

Short and gripping possession story with a great narrator on the audiobook. I really enjoyed this.

Unabashedly supernatural with no anticlimatic and/or offensive "maybe the real demon is mental illness" angle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Forced institutionalization