Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

134 reviews

gabb_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pedophilia, Incest, Grief, Excrement, Death, and Antisemitism

courtney23's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

1.5

I think a lot of my dissatisfaction with this book is due to the translation - it was quite clunky. However, there is also a lot of graphic sexual violence that I thought was over the top. Definitely read content warnings before starting this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm

kcorione's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Ik zou het boek aanraden als je graag erg veel details leest of perfecte omschrijvingen van mensen en persoonlijkheden, maar ik zou er ook bij vermelden dat er echt degoutante en misselijkmakende gebeurtenissen in staan. Not for the light hearted!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Animal death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Grief, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts

whatadutchgirlreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Excrement, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Self harm, and Sexism

jackbifrost's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Bullying, Vomit, Gore, Abortion, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

talin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Antisemitism

emilybonham's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

5.0

UNFORGERTTABLE.
The similies in this book are amazing. GOD fking tier.
Also i cant believe this is a debut novel this is one of the best books ive ever read. its a bit traumatising but i just skimmed past the uncomfortable bits other than that i loved this book would reccmend 10/10

the ending is so sad i was not READYDYY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual content

deliviful's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

Brilliantly written but absolutely horrible.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

kcassano's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Animal death