Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

84 reviews

kgonzalez22's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

2.75

This book, while not a bad read, just moved a bit too slow for my usual taste. I found myself dragging my feet to finish some chapters and the book as a whole. The twist ending was to be expected towards the later chapters and I would have liked to know more about the

life that Vesper had after the demise of the cult. The allusion that she still had her powers was intriguing and it would have been interesting to see that built upon. Was she now immortal? Does she still feel her father’s watchful eye?

Overall, I think this book can be something enjoyed by a variety of audiences. It just wasn’t quite what I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Body horror, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cannibalism and Drug use

m0onb3am's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

1.75

inconsistent pacing, humor that didn't land for me, sometimes predictable twists, n an interesting premise that felt under-explored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

tiddlerrr's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I bought this book on a whim to keep me occupied for an afternoon train journey, which it succeeded in doing. However, I think it struggles to decide whether it is a comedy-horror or not, and personally I didn’t find it particularly scary/horrifying. After going into this blind about anything that happened I do think that’s the best way to experience it, as it is VERY predictable in places. The MC is also not likeable and I don’t think she is meant to be, however all of the progression/development/action seems to happen at the end whereas the first two thirds are largely filler. It was a decent read and kept me occupied for an afternoon, but I don’t think I’d ever read it again.

I do also think the satanic cult “twist” was a bit overdone and would have been scarier if it was a Christian cult or something else entirely. Lucifer being her absent father felt very tropey, and as a someone who is normally lover of tropes, I mean that in a bad way.

I also didn’t really understand the point of the epilogue, the whole thing just kind of…ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Alcoholism

sega_genesis31's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Animal death

acupoftea16's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Body horror

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-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

3.75

Excellent body horror 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Gaslighting, Cursing, Gore, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, and Body horror

circadroid's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

mlehrman12's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Animal death

bcvogel90's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Gore

Moderate: Body horror and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism