Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Lost World (100 Copy Collector's Edition) by Arthur Conan Doyle

9 reviews

rafacolog's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery

ruthmoog's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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The plot was enjoyable, but I felt like a retelling with modern attitudes would have been pretty nice. The colonial and sexist vibes are tiresome, you really have to put that to the side to get on with this book.

There's two main themes, one is the dinosaur(ish) adventure, the other is a derpy attempt at romance - hilariously a character named a lake he 'discovered' after his crush, and the author goes "lol no bro, she just ain't into you" everyone else can see it clearly. At the end of the book he prefers to return to the dinosaurs where he can live in bisexual freedom (well, that's how I interpreted it).

The dinos are a fun romp, but it all gets a bit dramatic with the ape men savages and the minor characters are dropping like flies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Blood, War

Falling

natalie001's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism

pedanther's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Alcohol, War

whynotreadwithalex's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

fossilcore's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Cannibalism

abijoupansy's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Beautifully written. Extremely racist. Some of the science is fun to research and fact-check. Amusing protagonists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation

Minor: Gore, Sexism, Cannibalism, War, Injury/Injury detail

cj13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Death

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was really intrigued by the idea of this - a dinosaur adventure novel from the 1910s - and while I quite enjoyed it, I had some reservations. There were some funny moments and I recognised Conan Doyle's comic timing from the Sherlock Holmes books. It's a fun adventure in parts but overall I felt there weren't enough dinosaurs and there was too much imperialism. It's very much of its time and the adventure the characters go on is steeped in colonial attitudes which I found impossible to overlook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence