Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola

11 reviews

fviryshelves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Incest, Murder, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Infidelity

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Racism

dalsegno's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Grief

jaggillarte's review

dark 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

3.0

This book threw intense feelings of claustrophobia and desperation at me. Personally it was a bit hard to get through because of this, but still worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide, Incest, and Animal cruelty

lindsopal's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

f18's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Incest, Racial slurs, and Racism

williamgideon's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The experience of reading Thérèse Raquin wasn't my favorite. My main problem was the writing. In an effort of being objective and realistic, it comes across as dull and boring. I had a hard time getting through the novel, mainly because of the writing and pacing. However, I did really like the story. It's dark, challenging and quite disgusting at times, but also weirdly ironic and tragi-comical. While it did drag on for quite a while in the middle, the end left my jaw on the floor. The sheer stupidity of the two main characters is both funny and devastating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Incest, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Miscarriage

avadena's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

sophee_568's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

5.0

This book is such a wreck. I love it. Never have i ever been more satisfied with characters dying. What a climax!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book is a mindfuck of horror realism. Laurent and Therese are so astute but horrendous pieces of shit that you don't know if to admire them or despise them. It's hard to get past the midway point of the book though bc it gets so overwrought about what Therese and Laurent are going through, but that's the aim I guess. It is gripping in a way but I had to coax myself to pick up the book every time I put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Miscarriage

karolinakriauzaite's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is a very good example of a realist book, typically naturalism I’d say. Generally speaking the book’s content is interesting but it’s protracted around the middle. The ending was worth it tho in my opinion and was very unexpected. Quite a sad book if you’re sensitive to love and guilt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty