Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

178 reviews

snrez24's review

3.5

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Sexism

Moderate: Transphobia

c_salkeld's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny

alannahlovesey's review

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Graphic animal violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

shysheepys's review

2.25

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Read for a challenge, found on Book-tok. Don't think I'd ever pick this one up ever again, nor do I want to think on it ever again. I do think the overall theme was intersting, and it reads from an interesting, unreliable narrator, which is one of my favorite book types. Spoiler ahead:

A lof of people seem to hate that Frank turned out to be trans. I don't think that is the problem with this book. the gross over use of animal abuse is really the biggest turn-off for me. Overall, realizing that Frank was done wrong by the only person he ever trusted or seemed to love in his life was the hardest part of all. I think the part with Frank assuming that his dad was trans was a really intersting thought to consider, and the reveal of Frank being AFAB as an "expieriment" is equally frustrating but horrifying, and isn't that part of being a horror novel?

Definately made me sad, but I wouldn't reccomend this to anyone nor share that I had read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Transphobia, Blood, Dysphoria

Minor: Suicide, War

revolution666's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit

gloomy__ghost's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Torture, Murder

leic01's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death, Murder

Minor: Violence, Vomit

ronnir's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

ipushbooks's review

2.5

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What the hell did I just read!?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Murder

hollieadaw's review

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Sexism, Transphobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide