Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

124 reviews

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kev2150's review against another edition

No thank you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

mistermistoffelees's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

kind of mid. to be fair i knew i guess the last big twist but nothing going on was particularly interesting to me. brother erics russian sleep experiment slay… does daddy make that brown rice and algae testosterone to share? Yum yum

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Child abuse, and Forced institutionalization

catell's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

casmirdonna's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Child death

charlizardbookboi17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

Very well written and engaging. Was a quick read. Very dark and violent. Rough in most spots but couldn't walk away without finishing it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

cillliangorm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-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

3.0

Good at creating mysteries. Which slowly unfolds. Interesting yet sick personal world. Though it is fairly poorly paced at the start and uses too much shock animal abuse. But really has a poorly planned out message and theme.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

snrez24's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Sexism

Moderate: Transphobia

c_wilkinson'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny

alannahlovesey's review against another edition

Graphic animal violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death