Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Aeneid by Virgil, John Dryden

5 reviews

iladevlin28's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Abandonment, Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Genocide, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

“it’s a lot better than I expected” — my boyfriend

readthesparrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, War, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

Minor: Medical content, Xenophobia, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

This was a slog for me to get through, and I almost didn’t finish it. However, I think I chose the wrong translation - one day I will try to revisit this after finding a more engaging translation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Violence, and War

feelinwitchy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, War, Violence, Suicide, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death and Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

lucy12345's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death and Animal death