Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

45 reviews

btothebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

What the fuck did I just read? Like its good, but so many times I just stopped and thought “WTF?” 

There’s only a few elements to pinpoint the timeline, but it just feels rushed and not at the same time. There’s an element of Lord of the Flies (but better) and Station Eleven to it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood

kingsamong's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Torture, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

atamano's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

lybarron's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

A great post apocalypse novel where the kids are more mature than the adults. I loved this take on what communal life might look like and the self awareness of children in a situation where the world is falling apart. The role reversal gave such an interesting look, especially for people who may have raised their own parents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Drug use

mcdal's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

dawntin's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

booksthoughtsandtea's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a quiet horror. The kind of creepy, unsettling book that makes the reader reflect on themselves. Horrific because the horror elements are realistic, current and future problems we will face.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

joe_dmh's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Torture, and Death of parent

mxbenjaminrose's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury