Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

263 reviews

jnsonney's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Child death, Racism, Rape, and Suicide attempt

callie_pearce's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Incest, Addiction, Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, and Lesbophobia

hankatcol's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Incest, Racial slurs, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, Sexual violence, Racism, and Murder

bourricote's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.0

Beautiful but some chapters are hard to read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death of parent, Blood, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Child death, Animal death, and Rape

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

linaboa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Rape, Animal death, Racism, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault

carolynlovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

4.5

A tough book to read but well worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Incest, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Racism, Rape, Blood, and Suicide attempt

kristins3's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Reading this book feels like the experience of watching the movie My Girl, only way more intense and with even more difficult topics. Warning: there are some extremely graphic and difficult to read scenes (see content warnings)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Racism, and Animal cruelty

theladyjess's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Incest, Animal death, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abortion and Child death

lemonsreads'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was as horrific as it was beautiful. One of the best books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Animal death, Rape, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Cursing

ccate's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Abortion, and Animal cruelty