Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge

5 reviews

nancy_97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I’ve really got to start reading the content warnings. This one felt really graphic and I found myself skipping a lot of scenes. It was a super interesting concept and I thought it was handled well enough, though I did find a few typos which sucked. I don’t think I would have picked this book up if I had seen the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Vomit, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

achay91's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Rape, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Sexism and Drug use

Overall I was intrigued on the mystery and liked the short chapters and pace. However the transphobic terms and misgendering of a character however minor made me not like the book as much.

spoookycat's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Excrement

amandahaydock's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Dementia, and Excrement

ellalafontant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I would have given this book at least 4 stars if it didn't have the unneeded transphobia. It wasn't fully malicious transphobia but it was still enough to really bother me and I feel like the plot point could have still been there without the transphobic bits. I understand that realistically at this point some of the characters probably would have reacted that way and said those things but... It's a book he could have written them without it. Really that was the biggest flaw to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit