Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Malice by Heather Walter

5 reviews

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Xenophobia, Ableism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Bullying, Drug abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Colonisation, Torture, Medical content, and Outing

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Tldr; Alyce is a bad bitch and I wish she’d gone off the rails sooner. 

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/malice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Classism, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Body horror, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Self harm

clovelatte's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: War, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Torture, Murder, Misogyny, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

Probably my favorite fairy tale retelling I've ever read!! Not only does Heather Walter remix Aurora into a queer feminist icon, but the evil sorceress gets a starring role with an epic backstory and a gray characterization that I was living for. This book is hella diverse, super quirky and fun, and pretty sexy too??? An all-around good time! I'm looking forward to the sequel and seeing more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Xenophobia

candidceillie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty