Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

29 reviews

rebeccaschierakamelu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Beautiful writing, but a bit too dark, even for me. Only one character I really wanted to root for, and the rest had history or flaws that seemed to be too big to all belong in one book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Alcoholism

pocket_owl's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

astoriareader's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Alcoholism

taylandy's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

geneebee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Child death

sarahna's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Self harm

hbhentschel's review against another edition

2.5

Good mystery but I wish I’d read the content warnings ahead of time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Ableism

katemae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Incest

haxannah's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Car accident

Minor: Incest, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

mmikadze's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Animal cruelty, and Animal death