Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

9 reviews

riozul's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Gaslighting, Ableism, and Xenophobia

anthos_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Body shaming

Minor: Self harm

ollie77777's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Animal death, and Xenophobia

ryan_rajp's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, and Alcohol

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

won’t comment on the writing quality considering i’m no longer the target age for this novel, but regardless of that, it’s an excellent and important story. originally read it when I was in middle school and it helped me with some things - definitely should be a required reading for young teens. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

mwhite0226's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Animal death

loxeletters's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Xenophobia, Self harm, Racism, Suicide, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Blood

wronglibrarycard's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Beautifully written and short

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

salvatorer2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Cursing, and Bullying

Minor: Animal death and Adult/minor relationship