Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Wie die Schweine by Agustina Bazterrica

1537 reviews

a_paper_mess's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, Rape, Vomit, Slavery, Body horror, Excrement, Violence, Gore, Infertility, Torture, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Death of parent, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Grief

tatertotthot's review against another edition

0.5

shock for shock’s sake. predictable are the actions of man

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

emileegargano's review against another edition

seems like a really good book but it’s too dark for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

fausticontrelibros's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, Genocide, Slavery, Medical content, Animal death, Torture, Sexual content, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Child death

c_alexander's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

segagenesys's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 This book was INTENSE! So gory! So many amazing visuals! I am an avid horror movie fanatic and man did this book compare. I enjoyed every part of this book, the crazy images, scene descriptions, characters. I had a good time reading it :) Highly recommend if you like the horror genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual violence

mconroy9137's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Death of parent, Dementia, Infertility, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Car accident

simpag's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence

blulibrarian's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a dark, dark world we find within the pages; a world where animal meat is no longer an option, so people turn to eating humans instead. The madness of this social shift pierces deep, its bloody fingers snagging every conceivable part of society.

I have a lot of thoughts. I think that the raw horror of so many things in this world come and then pass you by just as quickly. It does a lot to inform the reader on the attitudes of people at large, and those even more specifically of the main character, but it means that there are many moments or beats where the book leaves the space immediately, not giving the reader a chance to fully absorb the grim reality even if the charscters on page are (intentionaññy or not) not cognizant of it. This is a story that snatches away what little scraps of hope you have. I enjoyed it a lot, but I wanted a little more space on the page to really let the reader chew things over, to not make it so easy for the resder to breeze over what the cast might be.

Ultimately: a stark, grim, merciless near future, and a story set within the space that I wanted to see a little more bite from.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Infertility

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I thought this was a very interesting take on dystopian America. I would not recommend to anyone who is sensitive to gore or horror. I was not surprised by the ending, but I think that the author’s slow and gradual character degradation was done very well. The main character slowly descends into madness, and you can truly see it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Medical content, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Gun violence, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abandonment, Animal death, Classism, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexism, Cannibalism, Death, Torture, Trafficking, and Vomit