Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

39 reviews

rosalie362819's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicide and Animal cruelty

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Genocide, and Eating disorder

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Simon, Klara, Daniel und Varya - 
das Leben der vier Geschwister wird in diesem Buch nacheinander dargestellt. Alles beginnt mit dem Tag, an dem sie ihren Todestag erfahren. Eine einschneidende Erfahrung für die Kinder damals, die sie ihr ganzes Leben begleitet. Es werden glaubhaft dynamische Familienbande gezeigt, der Einfluss von Religion und Spiritualität auf das Leben wird behandelt und Sexualität und mentale Gesundheit wird angesprochen. Dir zentrale Diskussion jedoch, die ebenfalls gen Ende sehr elegant direkt in den Text eingewoben wird, ist, Leben vs. Überleben. Wie verhält man sich im Angesicht seines eigenen Ablebens? Geht man lieber auf Nummer sicher und versucht die Zukunft doch noch etwas zu beeinflussen oder nimmt man die Zeit, die man hat und macht das beste draus? Lieber im Jetzt leben oder im Potential der Zukunft? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

random19379's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Grief, Homophobia, and Suicide

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Antisemitism

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟 - This book has been on my shelf for so long and I was proper in the mood to read it. It was such an intriguing plot - what would you do if you knew the date you would die from being a child? Would you fight it, let it control your every action or let it flow doubting its accuracy? The book addresses all this, as well as victim identity, by moving through the lives of each of the four siblings, paying attention to each of their unique identities and their actions throughout their lives. I think my favourite sibling story was definitely Simon closely followed by Klara. I was riveted by how the book addressed key historical events such as the AIDS pandemic and 9/11, and you see how this shapes the future. Great writing and really smooth reading. Would definitely recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

nataliereadz's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal cruelty

lbbelly's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Islamophobia, War, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion and Adult/minor relationship

paigeno's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion

amykidd's review

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicide

abutler's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Alcohol