Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

107 reviews

maum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

A challenging book, transporting Mishima's nihilistic world-view. It's dark and tragic, all the while making the reader thoughtful, especially when thinking about the author's right-wing nationalist ideology. The prose is beautiful, the story slowly building up to a thrilling finale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

nookandabook's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

mrbogantilla's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ghowostie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

colyn117's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

connnnn's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Animal death, and Incest

pheneghan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

virgoreading's review against another edition

Killing of animal (kitten) was not what I was expecting when going into this book. I won't be reading any further 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Misogyny

naeunida's review against another edition

Horrific and grotesque animal abuse scene

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Gore, and Torture

There’s a horrific and grotesque scene which involves a child beating a kitten to death

camillebrianna's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

3.0

Really predictable ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Suicide attempt