Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper

4 reviews

davidup_15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

The single most profound and most harrowing story I have read all year so far. I just finished it, I read the whole thing in a day, and I feel genuinely, physically shaken by it. A really compelling meditation on the concept of revenge, especially in the context of the worst possible crime and worst possible criminal. Every aspect of this novel explores human nature in a breathtakingly brave way and I am left with so much to think about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Medical content, Torture, Mental illness, Child death, Blood, Physical abuse, and Rape

daniraewrites's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is heavy and confronting, especially at first, but it grips you in a way you can't pull back from. As a lifelong Brisbane resident I particularly enjoyed the references to specific locations and found this fictional near-future Queensland fascinating to learn about. I'm sitting here, late at night after finishing this book since I couldn't put it down in the final act, just in awe of how beautifully it all comes together. I wish I could meet Hannah in real life. What a fascinating and perfectly written character. I hope Georgia Harper has more ideas up her sleeve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Grief, Blood, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gore, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

samfictiondistilling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What a book. 4.75 was my initial thoughts after I finished it early today but I may bump this up to a 5 star. 
Every step of the way, I was completely enthralled. I desperately wanted to get to the end to see how it all finished. This book poses an interesting and complex question and the way it's delivered made me reconsider, back and forth, countless times. LOVED the ending. I think it was done perfectly.
Everything about this book is pressing. The climate breakdown. The violence against women. The view from the brother who is struggling with the system of patriarchy and the damage it does to ALL people.
I absolutely love that we very rarely hear from the killer. He doesn't have a voice in this book and anything we learn of him is second hand but the main characters, the survivors, are treated with such care and respect.
And this is a first book?!? Georgia Harper is instantly going on my I'll-read-anything-you-write list.
Fuck it, it's a 5 star read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Grief, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

This was an awesome book from this debut author.   She delved into her characters' minds so well,  using her experience as a psychologist to give insight into how victims of crime think and feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Excrement, and Toxic relationship