Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik

6 reviews

aus10england's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.25

kind of fell off towards the end for me a bit plot wise but still an enjoyable thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Murder

shelbydm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Animal death, and Gaslighting

anaya13's review

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

What I liked:
- very interesting premise. I love the atmospheric setting and the languages
-engaging narrator 
- her relationship with the girl 
- the side characters all felt like complex people 
-it was tense and I couldn’t put it down 
-a few scenes toward the end are so eery and vivid. Really well done 
- the scenes with the brother keep me reading. 
- the Inuit culture and atmosphere are just great to read about 

What I didn’t like:
-the ending twist is fairly predictable and the final scene is too crazy and violent. Maybe it will work well in a movie, though or is typical in this genre
-I thought everyone was actually too hard on Wyatt throughout the book. Obviously my opinion changed, but it annoyed me while reading. He didn’t read as deserving their behavior 
-the child abuse was hard to take. 
- the epilogue is implausible as well. It was fine and I’m glad to know what eventually happened but it really requires extension of disbelief 
- the mental health part is a bit odd. As someone who has mental health issues, I don’t like the implications that she can overcome them if she just tries hard enough. That’s not always true since your brain has a disorder. I did appreciate that mental health was depicted at all, however 

I have mixed feelings. I really enjoyed the ride but when I stepped back from this book the picky part of my brain got annoyed with some flaws 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness, Violence, Confinement, and Vomit

atamano's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Terminal illness

beersbooksandbooos's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

 This isn't the type of book I normally read and I loved it. This is also the first time I annotated an ARC copy of a book. I liked all the characters to a point and what they brought to the story. I loved that this book a me guessing from the start. There some I trusted right away any others I knew I shouldn't trust. It was a good pace of reading and it was very easy to read, even with all the science talk. I will be reading more from Erica Ferencik ever soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Mental illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

kentuckybooklover's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Murder