Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift

19 reviews

stabilesero's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Two whole weeks since everyone died and I had only made the most cursory attempts to find any other survivors..... I had watched porn instead.

I freaking loved this. It was so refreshing to have a post-apocalypse book with a British sense of humour. There were so many points that were my favourite but I don't want to give anything away. You may find the MC a little self-indulgent and self-pitying. I honestly hated her for a short while, but let's be honest, we're not all going to be the best apocalypse survivors. This was a treat. 

Also, there's a dog. Need I say any more?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage and Xenophobia

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Racism, and Infertility

Minor: Homophobia, Murder, and Gun violence

weatherstained's review

dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Animal death

zoe_werdy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I picked this up knowing nothing about it with quite low expectations and was absolutely blown away. This book was tragic, dark and harrowing but also genuinely funny and relatable, with twists in the plot I didn't see coming. I would definitely recommend but be prepared for some very vivid descriptions of death and decay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Grief

words_and_dreams's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

Don't let the cover fool you, this is a post apocalyptic story of survival. 

Set in 2023 there is an outbreak of an awful disease called 6DM, (6 Days Maximum, as that's how long you have.) wiping out the world's population. Everyone except our narrator whowe then follow on her journey of survival.

Pros: 
Loved the premise and that it was set in the UK as these things are usually US based storywise. 
Loved how it explored how lonely it would be and thedescriptions of the world after are heartbreaking and harrowing. The part at the zoo in particular really got to me.
Really enjoyed the style it was told in, it really suited this story.
I enjoyed the exploration of who we really are deep down. 

Cons: The main character was a bit of an idiot, and made some appalling decisions to the point she really annoyed me several times. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ She seemed to have no survival instinct. Yes you could argue she had suffered massive trauma but surely some instinct would kick in. 
The ending was too abrupt for my liking and  didn't flow right. 

Also take note there is obviously a great deal of death, dead bodies in various states of decomposition, numerous bodily fluids and animal deaths.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy

koplomps's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow, just wow. The start of the book was hard but as I got used to the circumstances, it gor easier. After half-way through I didn't want to stop reading at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Vomit, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Infidelity, Excrement, Murder, Gun violence, Infertility, and Misogyny

Minor: Xenophobia

findingthefantasticstory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have just finished the audiobook and I loved it.

I think this is a definite book to listen to. To story is told through recordingd mad by the main character. The narrator brings so much more emotion to the book. There's scenes where you really feel all the emotions and you are there with the main character hoping she get through everything. This makes the listening to the audiobook very emotional, there were times where I wanted to cry on the bus.

I would really recommend this to anyone who wants a different take on a distopian.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

If you are a fan of dogs be careful, I got very emotional.

max63815's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

Minor: Xenophobia, Gun violence, Bullying, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Animal cruelty

flatreads's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Child death

caitlin_rose's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful, terrifying and tear-jerking in equal measure. Broke my heart and made me sob, whilst simultaneously inspiring in moral and our protagonist’s journey and stark reminder to live life and hold your loved ones close. I’ve never read a more emotive read, or challenging journey, and don’t know if I ever will again.  

More coherent thoughts to come soon, but just, phenomenal. ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Excrement, Body horror, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Animal death, and Addiction