Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

7 reviews

erinquan's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

stupidpiscesguy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

lexcatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Car accident, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Child death

mftaylor's review against another edition

4.0

I was pleasantly surprised.

A small town in Oregon is on the cusp of an outbreak and a trio of teenagers find themselves smack dab in the middle of it.

A gory and violent read with some uncomfortable parts, definitely not for everyone. Main characters are teens but it doesn't take from the story. I would recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

mothfemme's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I probably shouldn't write a review so soon after reading this book. I'm high from emotions, but honestly, that's the motivation I need to write.

There's so much to compliment about this book. Lucy was a deeply relatable character to me during the whole journey. The feeling of being excluded because of your race, the way childhood trauma messes you up in ways no one can understand, your childhood being taken away by horrible event after horrible event, heartbreak, I could go on.

This is a rough book. It's not lighthearted at all. The jokes that keep everything from being depressingly bleak comes in the form of self-deprecating humor and dark comedy. There is body horror, mostly of humans, and psychological horror. Every page had me hoping things would get better, and time and time again I was reminded of the terrible situation the characters were put in. Don't go into this story unless you're ready for a tense, heartbreaking adventure.

And this tense, heartbreaking adventure was a fun ride to go on. I practically had my face pressed against my screen. By the end, I was nearly teary-eyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gore, Child death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape

willardfillmore's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Child death