Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

De Boekbinder by Bridget Collins

103 reviews

_inge_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

3 word review:
- Engaging, because the reader knows more than the characters do.
- Discovery, of what bookbinding is and how it works.
- Slow burning.

It's been a long time since I have rooted this hard for characters in a book. 

Just a little bit of star reduction because I don't like the trope of gay couples breaking up because they are not accepted in society.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Sexual violence

Minor: Murder

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Outing

pogo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

barbie420's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

daire's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

tamsynh's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

snfredman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed the world building around book binding. It has left me thinking more about the ways that people would let go of grief if they could and the ways others could take advantage of memories. I think I will be thinking about it & it’s implications for a while. 

The plot of this book was compelling and the characters were sympathetic enough, but the writing was very dense at times (largely due to lots and lots of dialogue). I found myself skipping sections of text, and don’t often do that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit

pollyflorence's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

maddies_readinglist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

It was so complicated. I had no idea what was happening, I had no emotional connection. All round I just really didn’t like it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Death