Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman

16 reviews

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Slavery, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment, Trafficking, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Rape, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Car accident

dch7's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Confinement, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol

kmanhart's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

“It was incredible and wretched and heartbreaking all at the same time.”

This book is a guy punch, followed by another, then a swift kick in the throat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Animal death, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Animal cruelty

tracyscherer's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

elviebird's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Animal cruelty

bookacholics_anonymous's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Death, Animal death, Sexism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Forced institutionalization

beeh's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Animal death, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Slavery

rflavin's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Rape, Violence, and Trafficking

megemac's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

karaober's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

What a sad book!  I can't imagine living with Lilly's hateful parents and then working under her bosses at the Circus.  I couldn't put this book down towards the ending and I was furious even more so of a few of the characters at the end.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Animal death, and Alcoholism