Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Jumalat juhlivat öisin by Donna Tartt

440 reviews

peppermintz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

I have alot of complicated (mostly negative) feelings about this book. Maybe I'd rank it higher in a few days after I've finished it. It just reminds me alot of the Great Gatsby but with murder tbh.

Also, was Donna Tartt paid by the word?? Why is this book so long with soooo much unnecessary detail.

to the ppl who recommend this book as queer book to me, I hope you loose your page in your next book. With friends that give recommendations like this, who needs enemies? Having one explicitly gay character doesn't really make this book queer especially with a homophobic Bunny dropping the f-slur often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Islamophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ducktofu's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic friendship

bookishfaye's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book is very comparable to movie Saltburn in the sense that they both tragically fail at representing and continue to perpetuate the issues they are meant to be commentaries of. This very much reads like it was written by a rich white nepo baby & I have so many issues with it. Pretty much every -ism/-obia occurs in here in super unnecessary & gross ways & it got to the point where I was only holding on to be able to say that i’ve read it. The second star is because I’ll give Donna the grace that at times there’s some really good quotes in here, & I found Henry to be a pretty well written character, but quite frankly fuck this book overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was SO GOOD. I don’t even know how to describe it in a way that truly encapsulates everything good about it. The plot is so well-written, and is really brought to life by the amazing writing style and slight poetic element to it, and all the atmospheres she creates just feel so real. Not to mention the foreshadowing (when you’re reading, you know it’s foreshadowing to something but you don’t know what it’s foreshadowing to, which is just so cool), and the fact that you’re always wondering how the story is possibly going to progress from point A to point B. The characters are all so complicated and interesting, and the themes of the books are very philosophical which makes the book all the more interesting. Overall, 10/10 read, absolutely exceeded my expectations. (ALSO THE ENDING??? CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD OMG)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dhritidipa7's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rachelnoel's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Gore, Incest, and Car accident

moonbeamdmercutio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my favorite books of all time. Annoying before you realize that it's a satire on the author's past experiences and then it becomes insanely enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Islamophobia

discountpersephone's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kinzo103's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

TLDR: If you want a moral descent into madness and futility with characters that you never feel like you really understand, this is your book. This entire book, from the writing to the story, is a delusion of grandeur.

In all honesty, I didn't know how I wanted to rate this book. It is so well written structure-wise, it is beautiful in a pretentious, academic way. The story... I don't even know how I feel. This book is *slow* and yet I couldn't put it down? I desperately wanted it to be over but I was never bored. It is truly an enigma, whether good or bad, I'm not sure. After what I thought was the big reveal and I was only 36% through the book, I wondered what could possibly fill the rest of this book?? And I continued feeling that way through every development, right through the very end. I both hate and love this book. This story successfully captures the idea that you never truly know any of the people around you, no matter what you think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

shelbyalyse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Hated the characters so much and yet could not get enough of them

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death