Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Cows by Matthew Stokoe

6 reviews

laboromi's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gore, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Death, Cannibalism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Abortion, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Vomit

alex_bousquet's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

2.75

When someone says DO NOT read this, it peaks my interest I have to see what it is about. This was so horrifying in a way I could not stop reading. I said wtf more than I ever have in a book before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Abortion, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, and Torture

rarityfemme's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

:/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Abortion, Body horror, Excrement, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Torture

aidencorvus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Death, Animal death, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

siobhan_leahy's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

<spoiler ish here>

OK, so there is gore, there is carnage there is every trigger warning you can possibly think of and more that you can't but........ Is it realistic? Is it drawn from real life?  Talking cows? Evil parents and inner personal demons?

Well I'm going to say yes!!!! And before you laugh (whoever saw a talking cow) I'll explain.

This is a story about a guy who's been abused by his only parent for 25 years, his boss at his 1st and only job sexually abuses him. Forcing him to doing things he doesn't want to, complete power trip and manipulation of the vulnerable. (sound familiar yet?)

Afraid of the world around him, desperate to be part of a normal loving family he clings to the only thing he has ever found comfort with. A disturbed girl living in a flat above him and the cows at the meat factory where he works.

His descent into madness and mental health is sadly a true reflection on the world in which we live. Working in this sector I see these vulnerable people everyday and my heart aches for them.

Mental health does not operate in the neat tidy box's we slide society into. It doesn't cover over the nasty dirty details of the human condition, like this book, it is cold, open, cruel, dirty, and outcast. Society seeks to hide it (and from it)! Mental health is a growing pandemic in today's world much like a developing herd of Murderous talking cows under a city.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Rape, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Not for the faint hearted or those with a weak stomach

walsmo's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.75

Uncomfortable, gross, overtly sexual in an awful way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Violence