Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

45 reviews

sevensableyes's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, and Infidelity

stvalentine's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pregnancy, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, and Grief

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

Minor: Religious bigotry, Incest, and War

aileron's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

loveallthis's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Moderate: Death of parent

velveteencactus's review against another edition

1.75

Started off strong, I really liked the story of Lucrezia's childhood in Florence, but once she gets married and leaves for Ferrara, the story hollowed out and by the end I was left empty. There were a lot of words, but somehow not that much happened. And I don't need a lot of "plot" in a book to be engaged as a reader. I'm all for long descriptions of setting (as long as the setting matters to what the story is about) or in-depth reflections from the narrator (as long as the narrator has something to say/a unique perspective), but as the parenthetical reflect, this book didn't have much of interest for me to hold onto as a read. Consequently, this book left me feeling empty and disappointed given its intriguing premise. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

lifeasliza's review

informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Vomit

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Death

smkelly1997's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

The writing of this book was amazing, however, I was left with a slight sense of confusion at the end. I guess I just feel like roughly 50 pages of the book were missing which would have provided my context. However overall I really did enjoy it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Emotional abuse

skyfluff8's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Classism, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment

manonh90's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Wonderfully atmospheric story about Italy in Medici times. Interesting choice to depict the Medici family as more lovable and merciful than other Italian families. I like the writing style, although the book could've (should've?) been shorter. The beginning is quite slow, but the story picks up in the last half. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Confinement, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Rape