Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

187 reviews

astareads's review against another edition

WTF, this book was pure anxiety. Toxic masculinity, racism, gaslighting, references to the ADHD-"craze" of the 90s, with hardly any actual vampire action. I think there was an effort to be like Dracula?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Dementia, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Classism, and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

madiison's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Dementia, Murder, Rape, Gore, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Vomit, and Gaslighting

telemarker16's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Incredibly frustrating to read, the characters made me yell at the book. Especially the husband is the worst

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Gore, Gaslighting, Murder, Blood, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty

kdepenhart's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, Blood, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Alcoholism, Child death, and Violence

fadeddpages's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Animal death, Body horror, Sexism, Stalking, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Violence

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Violence, Rape, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Dementia, Gore, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Stalking, Sexism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

mackdaddy's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Truly enjoyable. Truly disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Classism, Body horror, Racism, Excrement, Dementia, Animal cruelty, Blood, Rape, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Gore

cam_cates's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Sexism, Death, Pedophilia, Racism, and Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident

my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Physical abuse, Classism, Child death, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Death

aiyam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Death, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization