Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Small Game by Blair Braverman

19 reviews

lindsayerin's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical trauma

mangofandango's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Vomit and Sexual assault

buttercup_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I feel like I’ve only read half a book. The characters and the plot aren’t always likeable (though I feel like that’s intentional) but they did grab my interest and I was excited to follow the story to it’s end. 

I don’t feel like this book ends as much as it simply stops. Your questions don’t get answered, there is no ah-ha moment. There may be hints and nods to a more established plot, but nothing concrete. I honestly don’t know if this is a stylistic choice or if the author never found the right path to take. 

I really wanted to like this book but the many loose ends took too much away from the story for me to really be able to recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault

hjt00155's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

dystopia's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty

peachysierra's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

jinxe09's review

sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

erikanorris's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death