Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

63 reviews

alexandra_skl's review

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

A fantastic and thought provoking book that serves as a master class in how to write a chilling and engaging anti war story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Confinement, Body horror, Car accident, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and War

booknerdbetty's review

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Animal death

sunny_not's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Animal death, War, and Death

rachelfek's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved the writing in this book and how unreliable the narrator is. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty

hale_bopp's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, and War

skygray's review

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Cursing

Minor: Rape and Infidelity

ri_lei_gh's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

smileyjayna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

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

5.0

If what Billy Pilgrim learned from the Tralfamadorians is true, that we will all live forever, no matter how dead we may sometimes seem to be, I am not overjoyed. Still—if I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I’m grateful that so many of those moments are nice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Animal cruelty

_morgan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, War, Confinement, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Physical abuse and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Blood

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content