Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Brutes by Dizz Tate

3 reviews

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Excrement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Classism, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

brinnavirginia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Classism, Blood, Animal death, Sexual content, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Child death

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Immediately intrigued and pulled in! Brutes held my attention even though I didn’t understand it half the time 😅

Switching timelines, told mostly through a group POV (using “we” as it tells the story of the whole group) and the future timelines which feature one chapter from each character in a sort of “where are they now” POV. The novel forms a story of girlhood, jealousy, and loyalty with religious and dark undertones!

This was a quick and captivating read but not as dark as I expected based on the synopsis.

Expected a mystery where we learn what happened but we never really do. I was especially confused by the ending.

Very weird story and confusing but I kind of liked it? Definition of no plot just vibes, which I don’t usually enjoy but the writing and characters held me. I really enjoyed the imagery and lyrical prose! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism