Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

8 reviews

oceange's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

cleotheo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Rape, Murder, Medical content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

fixesofia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Medical content, and Misogyny

Minor: Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Child abuse

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Trafficking, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Gaslighting, Grief, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Sexual harassment, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cancer, Classism, Confinement, and Pedophilia

quixie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective medium-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

3.75

This novel had a great start then half way through it started to lose my interest and the last 3rd was a drag. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Trafficking, Homophobia, Addiction, and Pedophilia

wreathedinviolets's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

I got sucked into the middle of this, but the ending left me with an unsatisfied feeling and not in a good way. Compared to what I thought the book was going to be delving into, the end seemed to wrap everything up with a bow even though it wasn’t exactly happily ever after. I thought I was going to be more unsettled than I actually was. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Trafficking, Classism, and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty

sjforsko's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

3.75

This is actually a re-read for me, with I think about 5 years since I read it for the first time.

First off, I love Margaret Atwood, and this is very Margaret Atwood-y. It's a dystopia where an oppressive government/societal power is seemingly providing safety, but of course there is something darker going on. There is A LOT of sex, and the male/female (and this is a pretty heteronormative) power dynamic is also front and center.

I couldn't remember how this book ends, and that's because it's really kind of a let down. I really thought the first 3/4th of the book was super interesting and engaging, but it was a steep drop off in character and world building in the end. It felt pretty rushed and just trying to tie a bow on things in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Cancer

cceeee's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Grief, and Pedophilia