Reviews

Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

ndelaloye's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I loved Real Life and was excited to read this. It felt like it had similar angst and explored similar themes, but less successfully for me. Taylor describes a certain kind of human discomfort extremely well and I admire his writing. It just didn’t hit right with me this time as much as it did the first.

cheshiretrick's review against another edition

3.75

really quite enjoy brandon taylor’s writing, not my favorite but I liked pretty much all of it

annaelisereads's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-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

4.0

hiro_172021's review

fast-paced

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

3.5

aoibhmc's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.75

snotboy's review

2.0

some scenes were so cringe all i could do is close the book and yell CORNYYYY. there wasn’t enough depth to give the characters redemption. i enjoyed reading it. i liked the pace, placing short chapters of unrelated, new characters and stories, and then going back to the story. it felt like the author relied on those so much he forgot to write the repeating characters with that same fullness. it was GAY so i’ll give it that. but mostly, inmemorable.

weezewest's review

challenging dark emotional medium-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Self harm

alli_always_reads's review

dark tense slow-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

4.0

laila4343's review

3.0

There were a lot of miserable people in this book, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But I think my tolerance for literary misery, no matter how exquisitely rendered, is nearing its limit as I age.

Favorite story: "Anne of Cleves" - not coincidentally the most hopeful.

aalfie's review

emotional funny tense fast-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

4.0