Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore

30 reviews

halfbakedpoet's review

challenging dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Animal death

jennamalena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Addiction, Gore, War, Murder, and Torture

embreads98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

I have such mixed feelings about The Glutton. The prose in this book is gorgeous and vividly descriptive, but its subject matter made me so uncomfortable in a way that no book never has. The way the author describes Tarare’s ever-present, all-consuming hunger is so unsettling that although I felt compelled to finish the book, I felt relieved when I was done. There are some really gross graphic eating scenes that are definitely not for the faint of heart. If body horror is your thing, you’ll love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Cannibalism

asecretplant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It’s rare to find a beautiful book and rare to find a horrid book, but to find both in one is the rarest thing indeed. This book was a heart-wrenching page turner that humanized one of histories most notorious figures of folklore, and made me wonder at the things humans are capable of doing to each other. And the lengths we are willing to go to just to find a place we belong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Animal death, and Medical trauma

hedgehogreads01's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Eating disorder, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Violence, War, Torture, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Excrement

bestknownfor's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Beautifully written, if a bit meandering at times. I found the first half stronger than the conclusion, but still well worth it. My complete lack of knowledge about French history and geography let me down in parts, but that's hardly Blakemore's fault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Vomit, War, and Ableism

namirasrot's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Gore, Child death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Excrement

marifer0117's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

cryptofauna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

well. that was interesting. 

overly pretentious and a little nonsensical but i guess i was kinda into it? 
i mainly kept reading out of interest in the ideas of the story, not necessarily because i was particularly enthused with the book itself. it was good enough to finish and i might be thinking about it for a bit but like. it’s just okay at best

having no quotation marks does not make you more literary fyi it’s just annoying asf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Animal death, and Body horror

helen_is's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death