Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

18 reviews

beebowbabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment

themoonphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Animal death

katasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

abitterknitter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Murder

fraise's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Blood, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Misogyny, Gore, and Ableism

binksberryjarjar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

littleghostbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book because it gave me such a sense of anxiety that I needed to finish this book to know what happens. The characters are well developed and loveable, the story plays out in a very fairytale way, complete with all the gruesome violence typical of Grimms fairytales. The fantasy world building isn't as sophisticated but cozy instead. Marketed as a YA but very much able to be enjoyed by an adult. Great writing that is complex and maintains the status of the story as a medieval fairytale. I highly recommend this book!

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Animal death, and Sexual assault

lynssss's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? No

3.25

Slightly above average YA novel. I do love the og story but had stayed away from this one only cause it was one of my favorites. Finally read it and glad I did. Impressed they didn't shy away from the original ending for the antagonist which is rather gruesome for a kids story, even though they didn't go into full on detail. I did feel that I wanted it to be a slightly different told take on the original story, but all in all it was a good read. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

Read as part of the Live100Lives Patreon Throwback book Club, March 2022. Really liked it, though sometimes the writing style wasn’t my favorite (nothing *wrong* just personal preference). The characters didn’t have a lot of personality but the overall story was lovely and the worldbuilding/magic was cool. Definitely got emotional near the end. I figured out the character “big reveal” well before.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Minor: Death

earthlyfaerie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death