Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo, Ren Graham

25 reviews

agentlesound's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Body horror, Ableism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

jtjacks20's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Ableism

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Grief

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Blood, Bullying, and Animal death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Abandonment

queerreaderchaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

readingmushrooms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical content

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

dark

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Chronic illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Violence

shadowspinner's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

wends_nblw's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I'm unsure how to review this.

I only picked this up because I saw : two guys that I thought could be lovers, one of them nerdy, the other a poc. And my poc gay ass thought "perfect!!!" so I knew absolutely nothing else about this book. I didn't go in looking for good rep or anything so luckily, I wasn't disappointed like the reviewers I've seen.

I can't speak to the autoimmune rep, as I am not and I would recommend reading reviews from those who are. 

Aside from that, I enjoyed the story. I liked the whole two troubled guys falling in love because they're both kind of idiots. I was very pleasantly surprised to see Eli was trans since I hadn't known that going in. [unlike some reviews, i found this to be quite endearing, as i enjoy when characters are just trans for the sake of being trans.]

I did not like Biff or Marcia; and I honestly just really, really hate how Biff was handled. The ending was rushed. It's discouraging that Eli really got the short end of the stick even at the ending.

[like tony gets a mini dad moment but eli can't have his mini mom moment??? why????]

All in all, it was good. Just don't go looking for good rep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Animal death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

inkyinsanity's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

This was a cute, heartwarming little story. (I guess it counts as horror to people who don’t routinely read or watch horror stuff, otherwise it’s just paranormal.) 

I enjoyed it, and both art styles are very cool. I found the story itself to be very simple and cliche, which wasn’t what I was hoping for. The only things to make it stand out was the artwork, the gay romance, an FTM trans protagonist, and an unnamed but apparently debilitating autoimmune disorder in one of the main characters. (I really don’t like it when medical conditions aren’t named, especially when it’s a relevant part of the story! But then, I have one of those invisible autoimmune diseases, so I suppose it’s a personal subject.)

Overall, enjoyable but probably forgettable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

werepsyche's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

i feel like the ending was rushed quite a bit. there were a lot of different questions that could have been answered but just wasn't. it was a bit disappointing, but i did enjoy the book. i love the cast of characters and the use of ghosts and lycanthropy (big fan of werewolves. can you tell? love a novel about werewolves that isn't some weird hetero romance story). i'll probably draw fanart or something. auugh, SOOO WISH the story was more fleshed out. there felt like there were a lot of holes :-(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Grief, Death of parent, Animal death, Chronic illness, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Gun violence