Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

9 reviews

dragonaion's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Don't read this book if you're expecting it to be just like the movie. There are some differences between the two, which is to be expected, but by reading this book I gained greater respect and appreciation for Jackson's movie interpretation.
The story is a bit hard to read than most books, the verbiage is not common, and some of the descriptions can be a little lofty, but it is all worth it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Alcohol, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Genocide, Death of parent, Slavery, War, and Colonisation

squinnittowinit's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.5

Andy Serkis is a great narrator, he strikes a good balance between dramatic and conversational, making the audiobook a more compelling read than just the text alone.

In my opinion, this is the way these books were meant to be experienced: read aloud in dramatic fashion, just as Bilbo did at his birthday party in the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and War

Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Ableism

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious relaxing slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Grief, Classism, Blood, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Racism, Fatphobia, Torture, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Stalking

shieldbearer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-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

5.0

Andy Serkis' performance really gives a new experience of the text- his ability to accent characters and differentiate voices is helpful, and his emotional reading- tense when action is at its height, smooth when the story flows unharried- is one I found myself thoroughly enjoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Murder, and War

Minor: Colonisation and Slavery

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, War, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Death

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Slavery, and Torture

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, and Confinement