Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

145 reviews

bumblemee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Ich mochte die irgendiwe wunderliche und creepy Atmosphäre der Geschichte, ebenso die Erzählung aus Sicht eines Kindes. Richtig reingekommen bin ich aber irgendwie nicht.
Die Hempstock Frauen sind allerdings super cool! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Sexual content

amaliesofie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Animal death

reads2cope's review against another edition

2.5

Loved the concepts explored, but the story itself and the characters fell flat. There were some beautiful lines, and the horror scene near the beginning really made me gag, but most the book left me feeling meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Gore, Bullying, Animal death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Infidelity

Minor: Animal death

readabookortwo's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I hated this sm I'm sorry 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Suicide

hullomoon's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

I think it's just been a while since I've read one of Gaiman's works, but it did take me longer to get into this story. It has similar vibes to Coraline and I think it would be better suited as an autumn read, instead of me reading it during the summer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal death, and Infidelity

bookthief404's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Creepy, dark, thrilling, addicting. 
I loved how the whole thing was written from the perspective of a small child. I enjoyed realising what was really going on, despite only being told of the events through a child's language. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Animal death, Car accident, and Grief

scripturient's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse and Animal death

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

3.0

would’ve loved to see more cats

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Confinement

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Animal death, Bullying, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Excrement

marianabelher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book is magical, terrifying, and heartbreaking. What the main character goes through is extremely dark in a way that I wasn’t expecting. The idea of the book is very interesting, and I was intrigued by the world the author created, but it just wasn’t as memorable as I wanted it to be. I can barely remember the plot to be honest, nor did I quite understand how the magic worked. I think the main things I did enjoy about the book were the emotions it managed to convey. I was truly disturbed, then terrified, then sad, disturbed again,  and terrified again for the rest of it. The writing is beautiful, which is expected of Neil Gaiman, and you can see his genius in it. It just wasn’t my favorite of his works. Still good though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child abuse