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Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

16 reviews

lumoon33's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

writing short stories and making each one of them engaging is really fucking difficult. brandon taylor's writing is so beautiful that it has you sticking around even when you don't feel that much for characters you didn't know three pages ago. but suddenly, 5 pages into a new short story you're already invested. i loved lionel and im really glad he's the one character that got more than one story. it is true that some of these chapters felt unfinished, but i think that made sense with the plot and the intention of this book—after all, we're just getting a few glimpses into these people's lives, we're not staying. i can't give it 5 stars simply because i had to skip the two stories that dealt with cancer and terminal illnesses, i would've appreciated a warning. i loved loved loved this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Rape, Sexual content, and Homophobia

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cancer, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Vomit

leekaufman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.0

I love this cover and the stories held inside. The writing is slow, but I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. Well worth a read, as is Taylor's debut, REAL LIFE.

And to keep note: "Filthy Animals" -- the book's namesake -- is by far my favorite story in the collection!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Eating disorder

pippyv's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Fun main story but the other short stories detracted heavily. The descriptions of the gay women in the one story they featured in, while not entirely inaccurate, were generic and lifeless compared with the standard set by male characters of any sexuality in the rest of the book and overall it was a bit insultingly lazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Eating disorder

suzyreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Cancer, Animal death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Mental illness