Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

4 reviews

thatwasmyfavorite's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Rape, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Dysphoria

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Deadnaming and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

a mass death event taking place at a concert

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.25

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was beautifully written, and I enjoyed the characters and worldbuilding. The ending felt a bit rushed, but I liked the journey overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Vomit, Genocide, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Excrement and Eating disorder

achillea's review against another edition

slow-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? It's complicated

Oh man I was so ready to love this book (knowing there's a chance I won't) but I was not ready for how bored I'll be while reading... Ask me what this book is about and I cannot possibly tell you. I have no idea what I read. It was weird. Not in a bad way I think, but idk what pressed me to continue reading... A hope to finally figure out what the hell is happening? Who knows.
Anyway. Biggest "complaint" is probably that this felt very incohesive and sloppily written with lots of holes. Like a ripped doily. Did not spark joy :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Chronic illness