Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Diviners by Libba Bray

39 reviews

danielle2121's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

*2.75 STARS*

Okay first of all, I loooove the idea of this plot! Do I think it was pulled off in the best way possible? Unfortunately not…

The first 300 pages were so unbelievably slow and some chapters just completely unnecessary and yet after all that, somehow I still don’t feel like the characters were fleshed out or interesting enough even after hearing chapter after chapter about them.
I loved Evie, Theta and Henry though, I truly feel like I knew them by the end of the book. Everyone else fell a little flat for me, especially Memphis and Mabel’s characters (although I love Jericho’s back story, that was very interesting) 

Some parts were creepy which I loved but just not creepy enough! (The whistling will haunt me..) I’d love to have seen more creepiness instead of many chapters about Evie going to speakeasies or talking about clothes… I understand the author needing to emphasise this was set in the 1920’s but I can set the scene myself…

I felt a little lost in places, the plot wasn’t super easy to follow for me sometimes, maybe due to the fact I didn’t care enough for the characters that were in the scenes.
The ending was well wrapped up though, with just the perfect amount of questions remaining about what might come next.
Unfortunately I don’t think I will be continuing with the series though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

ninebookishlives's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

glens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Death, Rape, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Abortion

justagrlandherdog'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I’m struggling to accurately rate this book because I genuinely enjoyed it. It was fun and I love the characters but I don’t feel overly obsessed and that urge to read the next this very instant. I’m definitely going to continue the series, I want to know the fully story and where the characters go. I just will take my time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, War, and Classism

ellanarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Started off more focused on world and character building, but once the plot began this really livened up. Excellent book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

steffiraquel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

midnightcomets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

mmikadze's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Racism, Abortion, and Murder

larareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

davidrb's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

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

3.0

Just Okay. I think I'm just never gonna get into a YA fantasy, but the setting and lore both appealed to me! I'll probably continue the series, seeing as some characters (namely Memphis, Henry, and Sam!?) didn't have much of a presence in the story when it came to the main plot. (Poor Mabesie too!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

This book is much more graphic than I was expecting, especially when it comes to the child death, sexual and domestic abuse, and animal death. Watch out!