Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein

18 reviews

yali_g's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty

nokvi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.75

What a book, what a piece of work, Jared is truly a master with his pen. I'm not going to lie when I started this book it took me some time to get into it. I don't know if this is due to the book itself or the fact that I heading into a reading slump when I started, either way I had to put it down for some time. IN retrospect however, I firmly believe it's a mix of the two. The pacing can be quite off and to be honest sometimes it just jumped to places. ANd it's this that lead to a lower rating

but when I came back.... WHEN I CAME BACK, the last 50% of this book is phenomenal, the consequences of actions, the fragility of the human experience. Hosein masterfully covers, coming of age, pverty, racism, classism all within the context of the Indo-Trinidadian experience. The high that I felt as I finished this book is wow, it's a sad depressing ending with a consequence that could have completely been avoided but isn't that life? Isn't hindsight 20/20. This book was an experience and I would have it no other way
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment

whoa_is_me's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Colonisation, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, and Blood

gingernutpup's review against another edition

Read like the book wanted to be smart and literary by using unusual words and long descriptions, but came across as pretentious and boring. Characters were unlikeable.  Had hoped to learn some history and culture. But without a character to bond with I had to give up reading this book. Also,  I could not cope with a dog's death so early in the book, there's something about that which is so triggering whether it's a book or a movie. I lose trust in the author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

nylah_danae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Death, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

cathy61r's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, and Animal cruelty

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A stunning novel! I really loved everything about this, the characters were well-crafted, the setting adding so much to the propulsive plot, and beautifully layered themes. This almost felt like reading a classic tragedy, misunderstandings and fate and family ties clashing into an ending you can see coming, but can never prepare for. It’s a pretty timeless, universal story about privilege and religion and hatred, and the writing is just beautiful to read (if sometimes a little over the top). I will say I felt a bit overwhelmed by the amount of gruesome animal deaths throughout the book, I do think they made sense for the story being told, but if you feel sensitive to that (among other content warnings I’ll include in my review), you might want to skip this one. 
This was kind of unexpected because I read it on a whim without knowing anything about it, but I think this could become a favorite of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Grief, Violence, Child death, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity and Rape

melliedm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Excrement, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Classism

patchworkculture's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Animal death, and Death

mylesdoespoems's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

3.0

This book was beautifully written with interesting and complex characters but holy shit do not pursue this if you are averse to animal death. Pretty much every animal that is introduced dies in a gruesome and graphic way. Extremely depressing but in ways I was not expecting nor I think in ways that furthered the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Animal death, and Animal cruelty