Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

God of Pain by Rina Kent

5 reviews

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

1.5

god where do i start. i came into this prepared for the mediocre writing but somehow the dialogue was even worse in this book than the one before. i can usually push through and it takes a lot for me to DNF a book but this was just unbearable aside from the side characters and i ended up skimming most of it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

briochebun's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

3.25 out of 5 ☆’s.

“I was always meant to break Annika Volkov. I just didn't know I'd be the one broken instead.”

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I was so excited for this one because I was a big fan of Creighton’s character in the previous book - but there were some things that happened that stopped me from loving it as much as I had hoped. :(

When I first started the series I was hoping that Annika would be a softer character whose strength was displayed in her kindness and understanding of others (but that was a pipe dream because RK seems to be incapable of doing that). I am not a fan of the whole “introverts need to be fixed by extroverts” mentality that was spewed throughout this novel, and Annika making rude comments about Creighton’s reluctance to talk made me dislike her.

Annika could’ve shot Creighton in the shoulder or something to subdue him (since she’s supposed to be a perfect shot) but instead she chose to shoot him in the chest? And then people were surprised when all of his cousins and friends were upset at her because of it? I understand that it hurts to have all of your friends turn against you & I also understand why she chose to save Jeremy (I sympathize with her feelings in that regard) but then — when Creighton acts as though she chose her family instead of him — she seemed surprised that he thought that she was placing her family above him? Which I just? 😵‍💫

I had to trudge through the ending of this book. There was too much going on and too many shifting emotions. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death

britbrit29's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Infertility

Minor: Animal death

hannaspages's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Torture