Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

38 reviews

entityj's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Vomit, Islamophobia, and Alcohol

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Grief

misty_muskrat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Islamophobia, and Grief

mikayyyla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I really loved the set up of this book and I was so excited to read it. It had a strong start and I enjoyed learning about the mysterious town, but I feel like the plot never really took off and the ending was extremely lackluster. I felt like we kept building up to something and that something never came. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

cryptogay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Really incredible, very creepy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Colonisation

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

ok so that was a lot. the beginning gave me reverse The Village (the m. night movie) vibes. what I mean is that in the village, they didn't know why they weren't allowed out of their village VS in HEX they knew exactly why. however, everything fell apart in part 2, it was bonkers batshit crazy. i had my mouth open in horror the entire last 30 pages. Overall, I cannot tell if I liked this book. like i did like it but i need to digest it because, again, it was a lot, especially the last section. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse

aoakley's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

catsy2022's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual content