Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Familiars by Stacey Halls

4 reviews

malcccccolm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

The premise and set up if good but everything compelling and all the driving force for the main character is undone in the last 15 pages. Also a notiable lack of familiars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Miscarriage, Classism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Eating disorder and Animal cruelty

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Infertility, Rape, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, and Animal cruelty

btrz7's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

zoenne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.5

A gripping story with an endearing protagonist. Nonetheless, I feel that the author tried too hard to stay close to historical accounts of the Pendle Witch trials, and as a result some events seem a bit forced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse