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katenovah's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror
alienexpert's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
jillian_hope02's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Body horror, Torture, Colonisation, and Racism
Moderate: Murder, Trafficking, Slavery, Blood, and Cannibalism
chriswaldron15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Animal death and Suicide
bessadams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence and Torture
poirot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts
CW speciesism, CW vivisectionak97x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Trafficking, and Slavery
Moderate: Torture and Violence
grinchem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The protagonist is almost comically incurious. Of all the wild things he witnesses, he's generally just focused on himself and doesn't think any further. It plays into the horror, that he may have seen things coming if he had just put a little more thought into the implications of what he had seen.
I felt like the story didn't give enough weight or attention to this brand new developing culture. It was seen through that old colonial British lens of "lesser" and therefore not deserving of attention. But it was consistent with the characters that they view it that way, and considering the book was in part inspired by the new (at the time) theory of evolution, I think it speaks to how people at that time saw an inherent horror in the idea of something not-yet-human. I think the horror for a modern reader is a little different, but the story still holds the power to make you quietly whisper "what the fuck"
Moderate: Torture, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Animal death
Minor: Racism
moreau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Body horror
Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Death, and Violence
Minor: Suicide attempt, Racism, Racial slurs, and Ableism
liamlaurence's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Mental illness, Gore, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood