Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

59 reviews

justdiana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Confinement

abaighritz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

iszys's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow I loved this book so much. It's definitely one of my favorites now. It didn't feel like a chore to read any of the 620 pages. The chapters were short, making it really easy to fly through. Sometimes I felt that I wanted to spend more time with the characters, but the continuous stopping and starting had me on the edge of my seat and made me want to keep reading. It's sci-fi, it's historical fiction, it's a Greek comedy, it's an environmentalist tale, it's a novel about the human desire to tell and preserve stories, and it's a book with a lot of bird imagery. What's not to love?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and War

welp_seeyalater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Rape and Vomit

k_bohn's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Thoroughly enjoyed. OBSESSED with Zeno and Omeir. Masterfully woven together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

puntifexmaximus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ambert's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and War

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

I listened to this as an audiobook. It is the kind of book the I loved the more further i got in the book. it is very unique and interesting in it's structure. I would recommend to people who like historical fiction, future past and "present" masterfully intertwined. it is a nice read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Self harm, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

lesliej_pdx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Classism

smsegal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Abandonment