Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

22 reviews

mellow_mikan's review

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

pipmulch's review

funny informative

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

sailorplutoid's review

dark informative fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

inkell's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

cherrycoloredphoenix's review

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Animal death

eliasaurus's review

funny informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

Hongoltz-Hetling does a great job of remaining neutral as he describes the town of Grafton's slide into libertarian pseudo-lawlessness. There's no mocking or derision; the antics of the town denizens speak for themselves.

This book is funny from start to finish. The only things detracting from a 5-star rating are the pacing (the author frequently takes a circuitous route around his point for the sake of a joke, which is fun but can get tedious), and the toxoplasmosis chapter, which, as others have commented, didn't really serve much purpose. That said, I'd definitely read this guy's other work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Gun violence

oworthyfool's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Hilarious and tragic at the same time, Hongoltz-Hetling's wry authorial tone carries the reader along this rollercoaster of uniquely American political farce.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gun violence

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Ableism

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Self harm, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

billievee's review

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

 The wild story of politics and bears in a small New England town. Hilarious at first, it slowly becomes depressing and rage-inducing as we see how the most vulnerable people (and animals) in Grafton are hurt the most by all the mismanagement. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Death, Animal cruelty, and Gun violence

lukereads97's review

funny informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Ableism, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Cursing, Excrement, and Incest

Minor: Colonisation and Adult/minor relationship

that_chick26's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Animal death