Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

دوشیزگان by Alex Michaelides

317 reviews

cuddlewithbooks's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I guess I'm underwhelmed? I expected much more reference to Classical literature/mythology and a deep dive into it. As well as it being sprinkled across the plot of the story. It felt like that part of the plot was small and insignificant. 
I did not love the mystery. The singular focus of the MC made it hard to decipher who else it could be with little foundation. 
And the twist, it felt like it came out of nowhere. I am of the mind that I want a twist to have plausibility. I do not want just shock value. 

This book was just not my cup of tea. However, I am not a big mystery/thriller reader so other reviewers might offer something much more insightful than me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death

erinhanso's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident

glutenfreemaggie's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Kept me guessing, but eh… The Silent Patient was way better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

jlfaith21's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I thought I had this book figured out but of course I didn’t. I couldn’t believe the ending. I enjoyed the ending but just wish the story leading up to it was a bit more detailed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Death of parent

madeleineg619's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Reading this was like watching a really bad episode of Criminal Minds, but I couldn’t put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm

finalgirlfeminism's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I can’t fully decide yet how I feel about this one but I’m going to try to capture my experience. I really enjoyed the world building, the character building, and the fast pacing due to the shorter chapters. Where I struggle is with the conclusion and the final reveal. I’d have to reread to see if it really makes sense but I’m not sure I feel the reveal was built enough into earlier details of the book. Which I guess could be intentional but the reveal seems overly reliant on the idea that our main character essentially didn’t see what was right in front of her within her relationship. It just seems a bit too neatly wrapped up and convenient. The prologue also could have gone a bit further as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

ladyashhbooks's review against another edition

2.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse

librar_bee's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Pedophilia, Rape

vinsynt's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual harassment

astuteratiam's review against another edition

2.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Compared to The Silent Patient this was a disappointment. I was hoping to be on the edge of my seat the entire mystery but to put it plainly… I didn’t care for the characters or the suspense of figuring out who the murderer was. I listened to the audiobook until about 60% in.. and at that point I skipped to the end. Check the  trigger warnings before reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death