Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

5 reviews

raoulalexander's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Classism and Domestic abuse

Minor: Ableism and Animal death

heuteschongekurtet's review against another edition

medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Classism, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Animal death

marjoleinvanderspoel's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

This book really is a feat. Beautiful, atmospheric language mixed with modern topics and timely discoveries, this is historical fiction at it's best. I love how the characters all felt like real people and not swooning damsels and shining knights. But most important was still the wonderful naturalism and landscape descriptors. I desperately want to be a Victorian lady naturalist with a dead husband and no attachments now..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Infidelity

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death and Cancer

tqlikesbooks's review

relaxing slow-paced

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

2.0

I haven't got much to say about this. Though I recognise it is a very well written and crafted novel, it just didn't work for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage and Infidelity