Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

12 reviews

izypup's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The ending is mostly what threw me off and felt lacking. I did also feel that throughout the time skips somethings felt underdeveloped. Although, these are things that I assume didn’t involve Natsuki and she didn’t necessarily care about. 
I don’t think any of the characters behaved in ways that felt like the author jumped the shark because I believed that these characters had the capabilities of acting irrationally. 
Natsuki’s childhood in particular felt well-written and really hooked me and I specifically enjoyed the way disassociation was framed and how child minds rationalize things in ways that aren’t actually rational. 

While some of the themes were disturbing, it’s never very explicit in its descriptions even though you know exactly what’s happening. It doesn’t read as shock horror and while parts were gross, it didn’t put me off from the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Misogyny, and Incest

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Pregnancy, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Vomit, Animal death, Bullying, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

behemoths_spawn's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Body shaming, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infertility, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Animal death

holmartell's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Disturbing, challenging, fascinatingly grotesque, completely original, and absolutely scathing in its evaluation of the Japanese obsession with population growth and gender roles. This is a story world where women and neurodivergent people - anyone who doesn’t fit the mould, basically - are fair game to be torn to shreds. Fantastically written, gripping, and visceral. Will stay with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death, Gore, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Pretty much the embodiment of a content warning, although the descriptions of violence and incest are the most graphic.

horizonous's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Incest

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Animal death, and Bullying

◦ Mental illness = Dissociation

soppysays's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gore, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Animal death

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

Basic writing, crazy characters and just all kinds of messed up. Really wasn’t for me and I really hope in time I can forget I ever read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gore, Blood, Death, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Infertility, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Eating disorder, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

hamletslover's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

mmirjamm's review against another edition

challenging dark

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Murder

rebeccajost's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

If it was weirder, and weirder earlier on… it would’ve been 5 stars. Might be alone in saying that, but it wasn’t weird enough for me, haha! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit