Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

5 reviews

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

A lot of alliteration. Dexter is really annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Pedophilia, Gore, Gun violence, Stalking, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Child abuse

madisonbell_'s review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

thescarletangel's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racial slurs, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Child death, and Death of parent

sexualedward's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Violence, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Addiction, Cursing, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was adapted very well as the TV series Dexter. Some of it was adapted line by line

except of course for what happened with Laguerta and Deb finding out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting