Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

3 reviews

catalyst226's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Read for a new book club I joined focusing on expanding reading authors from different countries each month, first being South Africa.

I really liked the premise of getting an animal after commiting a crime. The mystery that followed was unexpected and definitely had some less than savory elements weaved in that made for a rich, but dark story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Death

jackiepreston's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Classism, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Transphobia, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

chaotically_katie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

Never met a book with more water potential than this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Body horror, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body shaming, Racism, Death, Vomit, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Toxic relationship