Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Дикие by Rory Power

149 reviews

spelledlikesleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Gore, Murder, Animal death, and Abandonment

may_emmy's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

that was....something. i hoped it would be better but expected it to be worse. its good but not exceptional or fantastic. im probabl not gonna reread it but i guess im glad that i read it once. i screamed at the book from time to time, and thats a good thing, and i didnt see all the plotpoints/-twists coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Content and Trigger Warnings are at the end of the book

charleshasalibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

I wanted to give this book a chance despite the lower rating, but it was worse even than I expected. For context, I rarely if ever give a book less than 3 stars. But Wilder Girls earned it. First of all, the characters were completely undeveloped. I was supposed to apparently feel something about these girls' relationships to one another, but it's like we were thrown into the story halfway through and I was given no substantial background to understand their dynamics. So I didn't care about them or emotionally believe the story at all. Secondly, the writing truly felt like my middle school self wrote it. Over the top, trying too hard to be lyrical when it didn't need to be. It made the whole book feel even more cringe-worthy. Lastly, the plot! The plot was the one thing that kept me reading this book, because I found it so intriguing and wanted to understand the mystery. But the explanations were so poorly given. The ending in general was terribly executed. For someone who apparently felt so much guilt for what she'd done, the main character chose to be incredibly selfish at the end. I won't say more so as not to give spoilers, but all in all - I hate that this book got any hype at all. It truly feels like it was written by a 14 year old.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Self harm

erikwmj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

wishling's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

tkhenry99's review against another edition

3.5

had to sit with this for a minute but i think i liked it? i was surprised how violent it was tho. i didn’t really care for the romantic subplot, i felt like it should’ve either always been present or been super slow burn, but it kind of just came out of nowhere, there was exactly 1 scene where something “romantic” happened, and then it just never came up again? 

(also for everyone complaining about how unlikeable the characters are, that is literally the point of the book)

i think the ambiguous ending was fine, it really did not leave that much room for confusion.

like what does everyone think is going to happen next? the girls are in a boat heading to the mainland. it’s really not ambiguous at all

maybe work on ur reading comprehension skills if it felt too open ended :-/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Medical content

iguanasarespicy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Suicide

parkerluck's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

This was fine. It was a quick read with some neat concepts that don't really get dug into. I didn't find Hetty particularly compelling and the plot beats were all pretty par the course for a story like this. Didn't really have the tension/descent to warrant the Lord of the Flies billing, honestly. 

I also found it distracting that

the bear was just a photocopy of the Annihilation bear?? No one wanted to make that a different animal during the editing process?

Something I might rec to a younger family member as gateway horror, but not something I will remember for long now that I'm finished it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Murder, Torture, and Animal death

apolloniablooms's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

It really choked at the end, which felt rushed.  Overall glad I read it, but it feels like a shadow of books like Annihilation and Inspection which do the same thing but feel more complete.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Self harm, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Blood, Animal death, and Abandonment

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Terminal illness