Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

19 reviews

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Xenophobia and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage

werewoof64's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This is a wonderful read! A brilliant story that really makes you feel part of the world. The emotional moments hit hard and the enthusiasm is contagious throughout. I could hardly bare to put the book down, it was so good and really manages to get its hooks in you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Death, Murder, and Miscarriage

kk_bonton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-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? No

5.0

A thrilling read, I couldn’t put it down and I can’t wait to read more of the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Miscarriage, Animal death, Infertility, and Kidnapping

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexism, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-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? Yes

4.0

Such a lovely, gripping book.

The story itself is fun and intriguing, but the protagonist Lady Trent is so easy to root for that it makes this book a delightful experience. I loved the way her youthful nativity, enthusiasm and passion as a young woman contrast with the self-awareness and sense of humour of her older self as she narrates the story.

Great springtime read, can’t wait to pick up the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Misogyny and Animal cruelty

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Murder, and Pregnancy

theintrovertedintrovert's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Violence

caprivoyant's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I didn't fall in love with this book; I didn't have the emotional capacity for that after my most recent beauuuuutiful read (She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore). I'm not committed to reading the rest of the books in its series; that's wasn't the point of this read for me. It was more of a rebound read to get me over the emotional slump ending my relationship with She Would Be King put me in. 

I enjoyed this story, though. It was a nice, fantastical read about a girl who dreams outside of gender roles and figures out how to work the system of sexism to be seen in all her intelligent and scrappy glory. It also had a bit of a mystery element in it! And dragons! 
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As far as rebound books go, this was a great one. 5 dragons, for sure: 🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉  But in the overall scale of bookish awesomeness, I'd give it probably 3.5 stars. 🤷🏻‍♀️⁠


⚠ CW: mentions of miscarriage and grief, themes of misogyny/sexism, some classism, and animal cruelty in the name of science.⁠

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage and Grief

lostandfoundinbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Sexism, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage and Animal cruelty

thedisreputabledog's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

2.0

Boring. The author actually made dragons boring. Story is more about the main characters journey/struggle as a naturalist and a women during victorian-ish times.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty and Miscarriage