Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal

13 reviews

arielcorrea's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I picked this book up after hearing Soairse-Monica Jackson talk about her role in the TV adaptation. I completely misheard her description and spent the majority of the book waiting for a story line that never happened (my fault). Aside from that, I found Silas to be sickening and knowing what he was working up to was hard to deal with. This story of Iris, based on Lizzie Siddal, is powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Mental illness, Death, Classism, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Violence

books_for_the_bat's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Classism, Infidelity, and Misogyny

skyegbooks's review

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I didn't so much like the vague ending.

My heart breaks for Albie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Excrement, Blood, Cursing, and Vomit

dorien_s's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Death, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Excrement, Sexism, and Medical content

kristenreads's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal death, Child death, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Excrement

hocuscrocus's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. What a read! This is an immediate classic in my mind and I'll be reading it again very soon.

The thing I appreciated the most is how so delightfully balanced the author is with her details. She doesn't shy away from how gross Victorian London was, but she doesn't use it for shock value, either. She is clearly well-researched in the history and language of the time, but she doesn't spoon feed the reader with it. 
It was truly a delight to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Cancer

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

pollydye's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

idk what i was expecting but it wasn’t … that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Confinement, Stalking, Blood, Excrement, and Sexual content

Minor: Terminal illness and Cancer

elephant_mouse's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

Talented writer! I felt absolutely transported back in time to the setting of this book. However, I only found myself really liking one of the main characters.  I appreciated seeing the story from multiple perspectives, though; that was really interesting. I didn’t particularly enjoy the last part; however, it was a great book! A bit out of my comfort zone, so that’s probably why I didn’t love it. But otherwise, an enjoyable historical novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Child death, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

auteaandtales's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, and Violence

alessiar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Violence