Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

263 reviews

forestfloor's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This my first AJW read and I'm not even more excited to read some of his other works!

I think the description really put me in the environment of the story, the trans and autistic representation in the main character is really authentically realised, and I found the plot to be really compelling.

Drawbacks for me while reading where that:
• This is marketed as a horror and while it is pretty gory at points, I really don't feel it fits into that category. 
• Miles is very morally good throughout - he doesn't really make any decisions that reflect a level of lashing out that would have been very understandable in his circumstances. I would have liked to see a bit more nuance and greyness from him on that front.
• Miles' relationship with Dallas progressed very quickly, and in particular we don't really get to see any of the development that takes them to the point they are at the end of the book - I felt the relationship development would have been better omitted if there was no time to really tell that story in the text.

Overall, though, I really loved this read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Police brutality, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse

Minor: Incest, Racism, Vomit

efsparks's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Police brutality

Minor: Animal death

imrereads's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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wow wow Andrew Joseph White never disappoints!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol

peridott's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

winglesswarrior's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

This is not for the weak stomached or the light hearted but it is all beautifully done and the animal issues are in the past.

devthedivine13's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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: Complicated

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A powerful, blatantly political statement against the rise of neofascist ideology in the US centered around a queer disabled main character. White works wonders in this novel, making non-democratic politics accessible to all ages and highlighting the ways that rural communities are taken advantage of and judged for their most vocal members, at the expense of those just trying to survive. This book is not for the faint of heart but it is 1,000% worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Car accident

freddysreads's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this was not for me. I‘m not American, nor do i particularly care about rural America if i am honest. So most of this book felt unrealistic and unreasonable. Still it contains important representation of trans, disfigured and disabled people which is important. Also enjoyed the political stance this book took even though the writing  was a little afraid to be misunderstood. But as someone who is neither American nor a teenager - take my opinion with a grain of salt. My fave AJW book stays The Spirit Bears Its Teeth because I love fantasy elements and the one element in this book, did not catch me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Torture

lesley_m's review against another edition

3.75

dark 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Minor: Gun violence

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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"Even if I don't like people, you know, it's hard not to give a shit about people as a whole." 

Hi hello anyways I am gnashing my teeth at this book in the best way possible. It made me gasp, it made me cry, it made me feral. Andrew Joseph White once again proving himself incredible at giving his characters a unique voice and then punching you in the gut with the imagery. 

I would give this book more than 5 stars if I could ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Car accident