Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Birds by Daphne du Maurier

9 reviews

immoralrite's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

cherubpunque's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

Spooky! The only thing I would really change is just that I wish it were longer. I listened to the BBC's rendition and they did an excellent job at portraying the atmosphere, the tense family discussions, and the general confusion and distress the situation at hand caused. Excellent story all around, the subtle things and the foreshadowing were all wonderful and despair inducing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Gun violence, Excrement, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Okay, I wanted to be in depth for the more sensitive readers (because I'm often one of them) and so I was, but the most upsetting part really is just the part where the daughter resists her parents trying to shield her psyche by telling her that what she was seeing (birds eating a person) was just a farm animal of some sort, but she states that this couldn't be the case because the animal was wearing clothes-- which invokes a harsh pang of dread and for me, vivid imagery. That And how vague yet obvious the main character is about the death of their neighbors when he takes items the family needs for their survival. He just implies it but it snowballs very quickly into a "nah they dead asf" situation and your left there to COPE like damn aight tell it like it is ig. Only Real criticism is although I understand the man Liked birds, and outside of plot convenience reasons, I don't understand How or why he just seemed to Know, Notice, and Pick Up on things regarding this very unnatural situation and I wish that was touched up on a bit more. Like the very end when he has that man killed-- what a scene!!-- but how'd he know that the light attracted them? Did I forget some important detail or is he just a secret hardcore birder? Okay bye now lol thanks for reading my first review!

e_r_q's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? No

4.0

An utterly bleak and tense story about the unforgiving forces of nature, told through Daphne du Maurier's captivatingly atmospheric writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death

Minor: Child death

avasbookmark's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Minor: War

hannahws's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Chilling! I read it in less than an hour, I was riveted - couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Animal death

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, and Blood

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Grief

minariffo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal death, and Blood

jessreadsthings's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Death

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Well, that is one unsettling story. I was looking for a short story to read with one of my English student after Roald Dalh's Lamb to the Slaughter (a great one) and remembered that Du Maurier's piece had inspired Hitchcock's movie (which I watched a long time ago). Her writing is to-the-point, which is nice for people who aren't perfectly fluent in English, but it has that eery atmosphere that makes the skin crawl. From what I remember, the movie is quite different in terms of characters and pacing. The short story starts really fast with horrifying images, but it manages to keep the tension until the end and I highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Death