Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman

5 reviews

jess2obsess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Racism, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

akmay17's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall, I thought this was good book with good enough writing and an interesting premise/plot. 

However, it takes place in the 30s, and the characters certainly speak like it — and by that I mean, they’re racist. Even if that character is not, like, extremely racist, they use the n-word, and there’s at least one anti-Semitic comment as well. These parts were hard to read and, to me, often felt unnecessary even it was “true” to the historic time period. I wanted to mention if that’s just not something you want to be reading. 

There’s also a racist trope presumably unintentionally used—

of a black man preying on/raping a white women—read more about the history of this of you don’t understand this has a racist stereotype/trope

as well as a few other uncomfortable depictions and passages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Death, Torture, Slavery, Gore, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

witheringghoul's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.75

I really wanted to like this book but to be honest it gave the wrong predator vibes, if you know what I mean. It’s just not for me and I also hate it so there’s that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

I want to say there’s pedophilia but there really isn’t, the main character is just a creep and flirts with a child.

portabello_pig's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, War, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Excrement

whatathymeitwas's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I'm not usually into books of this particular supernatural topic, but I finished this one in a day. Fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Death, Blood, Animal death, Racism, War, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Antisemitism, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault