Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley

34 reviews

snazzy10101's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

jesus christ

i have things to say about this book but i will need to think on it first 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Dementia

hannaween's review

challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

2.75

The first half of the book was incredibly slow, and the most interesting parts were glossed over in just a few pages. The concept was good, but the execution was poor, and it finished very abruptly and unsatisfyingly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Gore

aspenleaf23's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

anastasia_liest's review

dark mysterious relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.5

This style of horror is certainly not for everyone. It is a slow burn and cerebral, with the main character’s POV not necessarily reliable as the story progresses. Parts of it are ambiguous or intentionally vague, so that the reader must draw their own conclusions and fill in the blanks in the story. I love that, but I know it’s not everyone’s thing.
I liked this even more than Andrew Michael Hurley’s other novels, which are all excellent. It is a simple English folk-horror type tale with beautiful prose and moved at a quicker pace than The Loney or Devil’s Day. I read it in one sitting because I could not put it down! Can’t wait to see the upcoming film adaptation with Matt Smith. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death and Animal cruelty

_rowan_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Grief, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Animal cruelty

morgiebunney's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Grief, Child death, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

feraltail's review

tense fast-paced

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

4.5

if coked up stephen king wrote cottage-core horror. fantastically tense and fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Animal death

ellenigrace's review

dark mysterious

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Alcohol, Torture, Hate crime, Blood, and Confinement

a_violentfemme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.25

This was a perfectly crafted folk horror. The story unfolded at an almost perfect rate which left me anxious and in places made my skin crawl. My only issue actually is that I wanted more! I read a review that said this book would make an excellent A24 movie and I can only agree. Would love to see an adaptation of this, I imagine it would terrifying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Child death and Grief

applesodaperson's review

dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.25

Dang yeah this book was spooky. Plus I love books about evil children, so this was right up my alley. I’m very excited to see the movie based on this book when it comes out. But one thing I did not like about this book was that I think he should have done more with the tree in the field, because that was a really cool concept.

I also wish there would have been more of a death scene for Ewan.

Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child death