Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

41 reviews

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Very good, I just wish it didn’t take half of the book to actually get into the plot but after that it was great. I enjoyed the characters and the twist was fun the pacing was just off

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Vomit, Death, Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Self harm

kirstinbuchan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

maiahhtratchh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Body horror

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

4.25

Do you like novels that also infodump? Are you interested in zoos, cast away survival, or religion? I didn't expect to learn so much about those things, but I was delighted when it happened. It slows the pace down dramatically, but I like learning about things this way.

If I'd read this instead of listening to it, I'd've probably cried. It is a heartwrenching story while still being inspiring and hopeful. The ending left me feeling a little bereaved. Tbh, that's one of my favorite ways for a novel to leave me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Excrement, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

themirrorball's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

sonlight21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was very interesting. I enjoyed the beginning but the farther I got the darker and more gruesome it went. I can understand how this reflects the descent of the mind as a survivor stranded on the ocean will do anything just to live but it was very hard to read. The end is very disturbing and I skimmed over most of the second story Pi tells. 

It is truly an interesting book but please be aware of the content warnings and go in expecting some weird, challenging and dark things. 

Another note is I did not enjoy or appreciate how this book portrayed religion or Christianity. It seems to be written by someone who has studied religion form the outside but never been apart of it and does not understand it nor believe in God.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Dysphoria, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Excrement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

lovelyannalee's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

sternchenauge's review against another edition

2.0

I enjoyed parts of this book and some parts even made me chuckle. But overall it was way to gory and graphic for, making me feel nauseous multiple times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Excrement, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Blood, and Gore

makiepops's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, and Violence