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Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

25 reviews

ultracafeinada's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

raoulalexander's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the best short story collection I've read so far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Rape

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, and Addiction

dogmp3's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Rape, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

sshabein's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I liked this a lot, though I admit to some discomfort with some of the violence. And that feels sort of intentional, theme-wise, which is fine. Ymmv

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Homophobia

changelingreader_adrian's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Excrement

smolfrog's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Sexism, and Misogyny

serenspace's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Blood, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

sydapel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this a lot more than 'Real Life', though I'm skeptical if the 'interconnected short story' format worked for me, at least in audiobook form. It makes the story at the core, and thereby the story I was most invested in, feel disjointed and a little less developed in comparison. Despite this, the emotional heart in each of the stories is deeply felt, always centering a craving for intimacy or something past or future that seems too far to grasp. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Excrement, Cancer, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

samarakroeger's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I loved the Lionel/Charles/Sophie stories — and the structure of the collection meant I was invested in reading the book the whole way through. a few of the other random stories I didn’t really get into very much, but I really liked Anne of Cleves. 

I will read anything Brandon Taylor writes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Self harm, Cancer, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

anawest's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Rape, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Homophobia