Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

13 reviews

eenaah's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

4.5

Extremely dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, and Animal cruelty

wextra's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

One of Poe's best very short stories taking great advantage of his ability to paint a grim scene with words, Poe explores the mind of a man's descent into evil and grimly plays with irony resulting in a darkly entertaining experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

erinoforshort's review

dark

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Murder

whoknowss's review against another edition

dark

2.0

Not bad writing but kind of hard to read for anyone who loves cats. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

mathildemroy's review

dark reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and Violence

readwithari's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Violence

marialovesbooks's review

dark fast-paced

2.25

Disturbing and not in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Violence

carlota_ferro's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

that was seriously disturbing
i wanna hug a cat now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Murder, and Animal cruelty

ioanna134340's review

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

2.75

I absolutely hated the main character and loved the cats. It is pretty realistic, since that is exactly what happens in real life too, 

the killer/abuser gets to live (in prison or even not sometimes), meanwhile the poor animals and wife had to die

.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Addiction, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Murder

karolinakriauzaite's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I love how this in a sense can hint at some sort of personality disorder such a borderline or dipolar. I love the dark psychological message that it's giving oh how love can quickly turn to rage and how the people closest to you (who love you the most) will always suffer the most. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse