Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

2 reviews

cartridgepink's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Trafficking, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Recurrent explicit, detailed descriptions and themes of intrusive thoughts and depersonalisation. Multiple suicides form a core dramatic element of the book. Countless descriptions of viscera, bodily functions, gore etc.

mbmayo's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-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

This book definitely isn't for everybody. Personally, I wished I were the type of reader to annotate because there were some real gems that I would have liked to think about and pick apart later. I found Lacey's prose beautiful and the stream of consciousness style writing helped me understand the emotional state of the character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Deportation, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming