Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet

6 reviews

noah_silver's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed reading the book. In the beginning, I had difficulties to bond with the main character, but grew to like him over the course of the story. The novel is not very eventful but captured me through the attentive descriptions of everyday life, relationships and facing oneself.

As others have written, it's a "quiet" novel.

I'm just not so convinced by the background story of the main character who is super rich and was orphaned as a child. Part of the story then is how he deals with his privileges and his trauma. I feel like these tropes appear inproportionately often in novels to make the plot more dramatic or sth - which wouldn't have been necessary for the perspectives and themes the book explores. In a way. Not completely sure yet what to make of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Child abuse, and War

yogomagpie's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-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

2.5

It was fine, but not for me. I like a cozy slice of life but in Dinosaurs I found the characters difficult to connect with. The whole story felt like a series of bullet points. And speaking of which, I was becoming irritated by the the punctuated, one-word or fragmented sentences by the end. Choppy. I didn’t care about Gil and  found him weak. Maybe I’m more of a Lane than a Sarah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, and Infidelity

Minor: Child abuse

lindsayerin's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, and Medical trauma

ms1848's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

lauuwz's review against another edition

reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Bullying and Child abuse

autumnanderson's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A beautiful novel reflecting on love, loss, and privilege. How do we navigate the world when we are put in positions not chosen by us? 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Child abuse