Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Fold by Peter Clines

4 reviews

andmyaxe's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

Gary Stu protag, stereotypical and unfulfilling romatic relationship, very interesting idea with a forehead smack of a kinda braindead explanation and then a confusing ending that feels unrelated to the tone of the entire rest of the book. Rating is almost solely based on the strength of the basic idea that kicks off the novel, not for execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Blood, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, War, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

unluckycat13's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

Warning: Bugs. Lots of bugs. This book is obsessed with them so if that's a phobia drop it now. 

This is an incredibly cringe book, that's utterly detached from reality when it's not dealing with the sci-fi and completely mundane when it is. Filled with too much dialogue, and endless pop culture references. Every character is 1 dimensional consisting of a character trait and a hobby. The women's character traits tend to be that they're women though. Very attractive women. 

You will figure the plot of this book out 10 pages in, and you will gain nothing from finishing it. 

This has been kind of rambling but shout out to when they're carrying a dead body, find out the body was of a "hermaphrodite", and then they all announce that they're turned off and not horny now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Alcohol, Violence, and War

Minor: Vomit

Incredible that he gets to fall in love with the girl who's got scars to prove that he's a good person, but gets to have sex with the version of her that doesn't. Funny how that works out.

devynvictoria's review

adventurous tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

I’m really enjoying the Threshold series! Peter Clines writes characters really well— they’re fleshed out, interesting, and genuinely funny sometimes. I also want to give Ray Porter a shout out again, he is an awesome narrator and definitely adds to my enjoyment of these books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Cancer, and Car accident

asolis's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Vomit