Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns

5 reviews

thedukeofpuke_'s review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child death, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Racism, and Miscarriage

Minor: Vomit

kairhone's review against another edition

dark funny 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicide

abbieuprooted's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Death, and Suicide

schopflin's review

dark tense fast-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

3.5

More dark fare from Comyns: weak humans and tragic events. Beautifully written but not a happy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood

mysimas's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

2.5

Maybe I just didn’t get the book. I appreciated its queerness, and some scenes were downright chilling — the butcher going mad on the bridge, the Frankenstein-like lynching, the progression of Dennis’ disease (‘we will wake you up if anything changes; you go on to sleep’)… Despite the few pages, the many characters of this story were all distinct and easy to tell apart. The writing was strong.

But then I really, really hated the ending. So what, everyone

was just waiting for the gran to die and now that she has, they can live happily ever after?

What kinda message is that? I haven’t felt like wanting to throw a book away in a long long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage