Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

37 reviews

gochasingrabbits's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, and Murder

karamelka_kar19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is incredibly short and long at the same time. It's a story of abuse, rape and pain. The main character Suzy felt real in her struggle, not made up by someone in their cozy room at home. Beautiful and raw, wow. 

But..at the end I wasn't really connected to the story because the amount of violence constantly threw me off, it seemed more like a shiny accessory to the plot. Honestly, we could've gotten to the point of the story without half of it. Also...the marketing of this book? Why portray it as a true crime story? Doesn't make sense to me.

Not a bad book, probably just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

sarabook's review against another edition

Gratuitous animal cruelty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Incest, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, and Alcoholism

tormerritt's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I felt the beginning of the book was great and it hooked me from the first page, but it became boring toward the middle and end. It felt disjointed and sort of rushed near the end, and also very predictable. I felt the author could have added more details. The start was strong, but the end lacked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping

astoldbybex's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Violence, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

cheesedance's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, and Sexual assault

prettyinpapercuts's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault