Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

81 reviews

ariannazylstra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

olivesolivesolivess23's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Rape, Animal death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual violence

trashrat333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Animal death

raspinky's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Pedophilia

jocxx's review against another edition

slow-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

1.0

This book was so long and so bad. And for no good reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty

jedeming's review against another edition

I got tired of listening to the narrator's blatant dislike of women, callous descriptions of violence towards animals, and racist/colonialist views about the group of people he was studying. From the books description, the colonialism is the main point, but on top of the other complaints I decided I didn't want to listen to 10 more hours just to get to a possible thesis of "colonialism is bad". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Excrement, Medical content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Animal death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Fatphobia, Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

laughtrack17's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

sallsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

maidinnah's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Audacious and horrifying, yet thrilling, The People in the Trees delves into the life and mind of Dr. Norton Perina, a brilliant, depraved medical researcher armed with terrifying ambition and a deep disregard for life. Yanagihara's detailed, alluring prose explores themes of hubris and abuse on an interpersonal and systemic level, and how figures like Perina become woven into the histories of entire societies. It's moral relativism at its finest -- disturbing, unflinching, and challenging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Death of parent