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Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'
East of Croydon: Travels through India and South East Asia by Sue Perkins
2 reviews
cara_nm's review
challenging
dark
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
1.0
Oh my god, I went into this book thinking that it would be relatively funny, but the jokes were so incredibly desperate.
The fact that in the first 5 pages or so she says that she has to fulfil a word limit really does say a lot about this book, as all the sections which were supposed to be ‘emotional’ felt unnecessary and just written to add more words to it, it felt I genuine and not what I wanted to read about if I’m reading a travel book.
Overall, extremely disappointing and I finished the books feeling completely empty inside.
The fact that in the first 5 pages or so she says that she has to fulfil a word limit really does say a lot about this book, as all the sections which were supposed to be ‘emotional’ felt unnecessary and just written to add more words to it, it felt I genuine and not what I wanted to read about if I’m reading a travel book.
Overall, extremely disappointing and I finished the books feeling completely empty inside.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Death
sarahalyse's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Trafficking, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, War, Terminal illness, and Police brutality
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