Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

45 reviews

literarykitten's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

asafekindofhigh's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Grief

gawdz0rz's review

dark tense 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

4.25

absolutely loved the mermaids and the concept behind them, super unique. i really enjoyed the alternating pov, as well. and the dolphin chapter. the book was really slow at the beginning, but if you can make it to when they’re actually on the boat, it picks up. 

a bit disappointing the mermaids didn’t use their mimicry to trick humans to open doors or come around corners or something similar.

also, the implosion of heather’s submersible would not have left any remains behind, and she would not have lived long enough to see water make it into the submersible at that depth.

overall a really good book and clearly written with another one in mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Biphobia, Misogyny, Ableism, and Animal cruelty

pocketeds's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

writeasiread's review

challenging mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Ableism

trashkingmax's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Into the Drowning Deep is a fantastic read. It has a slow start to introduce readers to a plentiful cast of characters that are so deeply human in a way that a lot of horror novels don't get into with secondary characters. Once the action picks up, though, it doesn't slow down. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is that the ending felt a little too light on details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Sexism, Gun violence, Drug use, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Murder, Drug abuse, Animal death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Biphobia

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Xenophobia, War, Genocide, and Panic attacks/disorders

aseel_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

A super gripping novel, the premise is so fascinating and I loved all the different characters and their jobs/perspectives in academia. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death, and Murder

melliedm's review

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

Holy shit. Holy shit holy shit holy shit. Look, if you like Alien and think the ocean is messed up, this is going to slap for you. Just read it already.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Drug use

smellymiche's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Torture, Violence, and Murder

zghutcheson01's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the descriptions of injury which were enough to impress the danger and make me uneasy but didn't seem gratuitous. If you're a biologist, this book also has a semi-accurate (though it feels real) portrayal of how competitive the academic biology environment is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty