Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

12 reviews

leah_alexandra's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.5

I will start with a big content warning because it was significant enough for me not to be stuck at the bottom. If you struggle reading about medical content, doctor visits, some procedures/if you have vaso Vagal like me and these are triggers, just be prepared for some significant scenes, especially at the beginning, which I was not prepared for. 

Parts of the book were well done but overall it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. We almost didn’t get enough time with any character to the degree it felt hard to connect, and when we did get time, everyone was just portrayed almost grotesquely. I found Susan’s story personally unbearable, and also thought it was unnecessary to use stand in titles instead of the women’s names when we learn their names quite quickly. The polar explorer stuff was interesting and well written but it felt like a different book to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, Animal death, Body horror, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

enyltiak's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was so entranced by this book that I read it in one day. Beautiful and tragic and hits way too close to home, but it was phenomenal. It's very lyrical and character driven, and I'm sure it's not everyone's cup of tea (heed trigger warnings!) but it certainly left an impact on me. I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Cursing, Infertility, Addiction, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Abortion, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

amaranth_wytch's review

adventurous emotional

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

phoebewerling's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i read this book in 2 weeks and i was intrigued throughout the entirety of it. i really like how all of the women within the book are intertwined with one another, and the differences of them all. i love seeing how they have all been affected by the Personhood Amendment and how they all deal w their struggles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, and Abortion

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, and Animal death

vanessow's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

202claire's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicidal thoughts

stories's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Infertility

Moderate: Confinement, Addiction, Animal death, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

polysemy's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Infertility

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

caroline_norrish's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion and Animal death

Minor: Domestic abuse

bunnyreads2's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I listened to the audiobook but this version had music with it, which wasn’t bad but I’m not used to it and it felt a bit weird, distracting. 
I think I liked the story and characters overall but I struggled to get enthralled by it. Maybe things IRL got too close to this “what if” scenario for me to be like “wow imagine though!!”… I’d put this book in my TBR a few years ago, and it felt weird to get to it now. But still a good work overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content