Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Satantango by László Krasznahorkai

6 reviews

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity and Cursing

Minor: Violence

theaceofpages's review against another edition

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

3.75

"The taller of the two men assures his companion, saying, “The two clocks say different times, but it could be that neither of them is right. Our clock here,” he continues, pointing to the one above them with his long, slender and refined index finger, “is very late, while that one there measures not so much time as, well, the eternal reality of the exploited, and we to it are as the bough of a tree to the rain that falls upon it: in other words we are helpless.”" Set in a Hungarian village after the fall of communism, the villagers are poor and struggling. This is no an easy read - both the style (long sentences and no paragraphs (hence the lack of a space between the quote and the review)- although there are at least chapters) and the contents. It is extremally leak and the physical layout definitely added to the stifling atmosphere created in the book. I feel like this is the kind of book best read a few pages at a time - I definitely found my mind starting to wander off with the sentences if I didn't focus hard enough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Animal death, Cursing, Animal cruelty, and Death

Minor: Misogyny, Classism, and Violence

julziez's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Fatphobia, Violence, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, and Bullying

marinalikeaboatyard's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

A challenging but mind-blowing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

revolution666's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Child death, Suicide, Infidelity, and Cursing

Minor: Ableism, Antisemitism, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and Fatphobia

owlishone's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t enjoy this as much as the other book I’ve read by this author, Seiobo There Below. By midway through, this just felt bleak, bleak, bleak . . . with no sense of purpose. Since Seiobo There Below is really a series of short stories, the payoff occurs immediately, within each chapter. In this, the payoff comes at the end. There is a purpose here; the book is worth reading. The second half is more gratifying than the first half, and the last few chapters are fascinating. I do feel that much of this book might have made more sense to me if I had been more familiar with the region described (Central Europe/Hungary, mid-20th century, I think). There is a sense of more meaning embedded in the text which I simply can’t access. This is to be expected, I suppose, to a greater or lesser extent with any book, but especially with a translated book from a region of the world which one starts out knowing next to nothing about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism