Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

5 reviews

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

Neither the world building (that criminals have animals) nor the mystery element (the missing person) gripped me. I also didn't love any of the characters. Mostly it just let me down (didn't live up to the interesting premise the blurb promises), and I found it a little boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide

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

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

perditorian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Transphobia