Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Casa spiritelor by Isabel Allende

103 reviews

tachycardic_turtle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Classism

kimere's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Only the last 80 pages focus heavily on rape/torture/etc. but the last 80 pages are intense.

lauramendozafr's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism

franbord25's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent

mcmorgan's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy

lwkstar's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, War

staycozy's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The ending was really strong and interesting, but on the whole the book has a meandering quality that didn’t quite pull me in. Filled with racism that is unclear whether is a character choice or informed by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, War, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia

kikiwantstoread's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What a bizarre journey! There were some really melodramatic moments that went something like, "and little did she know that someday she would carry blood red carnations down the street at his funeral been 2 runs of machine guns." These all knowing warnings felt really dramatic, and mostly matched the heaviness of the tone at the end of the book, but I felt these were too heavy handed. I felt the warnings about Esteban Garcia in particular were overstated, but overall it's a well-woven story that centers on the strength of the women in a house dominated by an irrational patriarch with the illusion of control. The recurring characters were well done, but some of the family's eccentricities were a bit too much for, especially Nicolas, who felt like a knock off version of Uncle Marcus, and whose exit from the book felt incomplete.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

malgoldman's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism

samneedham17's review against another edition

3.25

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Abortion, Pregnancy