Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven

3 reviews

wetdirtreads's review

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia

quirkilybookish's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

An excellent short story collection with beautiful and sometimes painful stories about queer and Indigenous Australian life. A really interesting blend of writing styles and genre/tropes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Racism, and Sexual violence

adelaide_reads's review

emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

Heartbreaking and beautiful. An absolutely amazing collection of story stories that captures the diversity of the Australian experience. 
It does feature a lot of potentially concerning content, so do check the warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts