Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

De Boekbinder by Bridget Collins

103 reviews

jenn_bookstitcher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Animal cruelty

madridom96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Rape, Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

galleytrot's review against another edition

dark emotional

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

katkinslee's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It was an interesting read but it definitely didn't have enough about the actual magic of binding and the ending was so abrupt that it really took away from the enjoyment of it all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Animal death, Misogyny, and Rape

thrillsprills's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

melissalivanos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Being outed, coming out and it going very very badly

cllorento's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Suicide, and Child abuse

andreapap15's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcohol, Violence, Death, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Child death

taliastorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Violence

b3ans's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Absolutely  loved this dark and gloomy story. I read the Dutch translation and found the sentences to be a bit too lengthy sometimes which made them harder to read. The ending was good, but could’ve been a bit more fleshed out. The story itself was extremely creative, hopeful, heartbreaking and shocking sometimes. I do recommend others to check the trigger warnings before reading. I didn’t and was a bit shocked by some of the content. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicide