Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

155 reviews

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

This book should have stayed an idea

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Just wish the reveal of the twist, which I saw coming, wasn't so casual. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, Animal death, and Confinement

garfield_eats's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

zgreyz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I’m still processing but i absolutely loved this. 
I wish i hadn’t seen the movie first but i still enjoyed and understood the book way more. 
the way things connected and the composition of this was cleverly done.  i can’t stop thinking about it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism

clumsyknees's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Mental illness, and Stalking

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.0

I’m actually not sure we all read the same book. Y’all liked that lame ass ending? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

farrahwho's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

1.5

How much of you can fall off before something important is lost?

glad this was a quick read because i would've definitely dnf'd it if it was any longer. the writing aggravated me to no end due to how overwrought it was and made me feel like my two brain cells were constantly fighting for third place

also, saw that ending coming from a mile away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Animal death

kaleegannon's review against another edition

3.5

genuinely frightening!! very atmospheric, unsettling. enjoyed the dialogue in the first half a lot, too. minus points for the ending but really enjoyed the ride up until then.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Stalking and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood and Ableism

suicide:

character dies by suicide in last couple pages. act described in detail. suicidal thoughts leading up to act also described in detail.

animal death:

character sees multiple dead animals on a farm. another character describes in detail euthanizing sick farm animals.

bookish_bridget's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

1.25

I do not like thriller or horror books and reading this has definitely confirmed that for me. While this book was pretty well written and used very interesting and intentional rhetoric, I just did not enjoy how this book made me feel. I often found myself unsettled after reading it and just unmotivated to continue reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

princess_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content