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Pigcasso: The painting pig that saved a sanctuary by Joanne Lefson
There are descriptions of rather upsetting animal cruelty and abuse in chapter 1 and 2.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
dark
emotional
sad
Audiobook version:
The first hour is depressing, goes only a little into his symptoms and getting the cat but a lot about the unhealthy workplace where workers are shamed and the drama there and him getting fired and being bullied at the previous workplace. His parents expectations about his job. The cat is destructive and keeps getting him in trouble. There are some rather unpleasant characters shouting and being mean. There's a pretty disturbing story about the cats siblings dying of starvation when their owner died. Not the cosy slice of life magical realism read I was looking for!
The narrator isn't good he keeps mispronouncing things, which had me trying to figure out what he meant every so often. Might be triggering if you have bad memories about your pets being ill, abused animals or lost a cat...
I enjoy magical realism and what you are looking for is in the library, but this book is far more negative with no magical realism in chapter 1 and boring with too many unnecessary details in places.
I wanted so much to like it.
The first hour is depressing, goes only a little into his symptoms and getting the cat but a lot about the unhealthy workplace where workers are shamed and the drama there and him getting fired and being bullied at the previous workplace. His parents expectations about his job. The cat is destructive and keeps getting him in trouble. There are some rather unpleasant characters shouting and being mean. There's a pretty disturbing story about the cats siblings dying of starvation when their owner died. Not the cosy slice of life magical realism read I was looking for!
The narrator isn't good he keeps mispronouncing things, which had me trying to figure out what he meant every so often. Might be triggering if you have bad memories about your pets being ill, abused animals or lost a cat...
I enjoy magical realism and what you are looking for is in the library, but this book is far more negative with no magical realism in chapter 1 and boring with too many unnecessary details in places.
I wanted so much to like it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death and Bullying
The British Bloke, Decoded: From Banter to Man-Flu. Everything finally explained. by Geoff Norcott
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Listened to 2 chapters, only mildly funny., got bored.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Christmas for Beginners by Carole Matthews
3.0
More drama than expected with double accidental pregnancies and a miscarriage. Lucas like in the 1st book is moody and quite mean and sometimes rude. Shelby becomes more selfish in this book. The break up seemed so sudden and not thought out and unrealistic.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Medical content
Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Pregnancy
Stroke
Step by Step: The Life in My Journeys by Simon Reeve
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent
Graphic: malaria
The Princess Pose by Aven Ellis
Boring in parts, the posh accent gets annoying and it's like she mispronounces things so at times difficult to understand. The dates with Roman are good. Quite a few character names to remember in the Royal family.
The long descriptions of kissing are so cringey. Not as clean and wholesome as expected long descriptions of undressing, kissing and touching each other.
The long descriptions of kissing are so cringey. Not as clean and wholesome as expected long descriptions of undressing, kissing and touching each other.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Dementia, and Alcohol
Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest by Suzanne Francis
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Contains dialogue,sound effects and music.
One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan
dark
emotional
A slow start with quite a few characters, Mimi and her ballet career. Then it moves on to an alcoholic mother and her suffering child and bullying. It takes many chapters until we get to Paris. There's a lot of dialogue and it's not very good.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and War
Child neglect, heart attack
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome
3.5
Interesting. The audiobook contains music.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How '90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me For Life by Josh Widdicombe
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content