Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

101 reviews

ashar_allaire's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.75

I have mixed feelings about this book. I listened to it as an audio book, which I made it hard for me to keep track of all the characters and loose threads. That being said, I am sure I would've DNFed this in physical form because some chapters were over an hour long. I loved the story, and I found each character interesting, I just found myself being like "Wait, what? Who is talking? What's happening?" way too much. 

The end of this book is predictable by design, but I still found it anticlimactic. James never confesses, and Joan never felt fleshed out enough for it to end with her. The reason the sacrifices continued was never clear to me. It felt like I had to suspend my disbelief quite a bit as it was a clunky plot point at best. I am also not sure why the older couple or Hope were included, but maybe I just missed something there.

I genuinely did love this book overall and the opening chapter was the most beautiful opening chapter I have ever read. The prose is unique and powerful. I would recommend it with the warning that it is dense and difficult to keep track of at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

sophiebv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely stunning writing and a wonderfully complex layering of themes. Just knocked me out from the very start!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death of parent

jabakken's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hs259's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

mirandaandtitania's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

The writing in this was stunning!! I felt like underlining every sentence but I managed to restrain myself. The disjointed narrative did hinder my enjoyment as I found myself just wanting to know what was occurring in C4 but there was good payoff at the end. The last chapter was lovely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Self harm

whimsofwands's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book because the characters felt very believable
 They were unique and flawed and I liked and disliked all of them for different reasons (except Moses). It was a bit all over the place and didn't quite stick the landing bringing it all together, but there were many beautiful and fascinating moments I'll definitely continue thinking about. 

I think this is one of the best portrayals of a statutory rape situation I've ever read. The writer does an amazing job acknowledging the complicated feelings both people have, while consistently condemning it completely.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Rape

eriley's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Not totally sure how I felt about this one. I feel like it was trying very hard to say something or be "about" something but I have no idea what. There were chapters that I really enjoyed and found myself savoring some of the passages. But I think I would have liked some of those chapters better as individual short stories, not part of a bigger novel to be honest. The ending didn't feel totally earned. There were so many characters who had these incredibly minor roles but then we're supposed to believe were capable of doing these terrible, terrible things... and then characters we saw so much of who did next to nothing at the end of the day. I don't know. I really loved the setting, though, as someone who went to college in a very similar town.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty

stefhany's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

mgraceoliver's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Sexual content