Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

15 reviews

amyreh's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Slavery

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Self harm

ehwesson's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.75

I really wanted to like this book. It had a good plot premise. But all that was lost in the ramblings of the author. Long bouts of world building and descriptions that left me confused. "Did we notice this for a reason?" Is something I had to think every other line and the answer was usually no. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

petitemass15's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Trafficking

sionnac's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

snazzy10101's review against another edition

5.0

i have only praise for this book. 

it is perfect. 
no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Classism

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

I only read this book the entire way through because it was assigned for my book club. I would have DNF’d about 30 pages in if I could have. I think this book did have some good qualities, such as the observations made about humans and our relationship to living creatures on Earth other than ourselves. I also think it asked interesting questions about consciousness, and whether or not in the future, we should consider androids as conscious. But overall, this book was way over my head and I understood almost none of it. The ending was hopeful but it didn’t give me any satisfaction. I would not recommend unless you love science and can understand VERY complex plots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

spiralbound89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

_annabanana_'s review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder

emelye's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

pvp_niki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Suicide, and War