Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July

9 reviews

laura_tofflemire's review

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Grief, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

rebeccadiv's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

Minor: Animal death

yoyi_beth's review

reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death

scholarschism's review

fast-paced

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

Bleak. Weirdly sexual throughout, like way more than I would have guessed. Complex representations of queer attraction but few people are actually gay? Some moments of interesting prose, but it was ultimately a chore to finish. I don’t think I will find myself looking back on these stories much, but maybe they’ll take on more interest in hindsight? I wonder if I just don’t “get it”… there were moments of resonance, but it overall felt mostly flat, to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Animal death, and Pedophilia

laurenreads100's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.75

Either I'm not clever enough to get it out I've no humour; or both. 

I finished it because I bought it. I didn't finish it because it was a good collection of stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

maekay's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

0.25

Short story collections tend to have a few great stories, a few bad ones, and a lot of meh ones. This collection has two good ones and the rest was a flaming pile of uncomfortable sh*t. The few gems in this collection can't save it from the blatant attempt at provocation/edgy-ness that relies on borderline incest, ephebophilia, exclusively abusive queer relationships, and Asian racism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Stalking, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Animal death

forbes's review

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A collection of unconnected short stories with a wide cast of characters. Strange choices for plots and thoughts that inexplicably make sense sometimes and other times left me as tangled as the characters. Focuses on the human experience but through the lens of 'loner' type characters who seem separate to the world around them - as well as plots that would not be commonplace in normal life

(e.g. a woman falling asleep on a man having an epileptic fit as opposed to helping him)

but somehow, in the very vaguest sense, relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

cheye13's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I didn't enjoy these at all. I liked the penultimate story "Birthmark" best, and yet it was still a 2-3 star. The longer stories seemed to drone and the short ones ended too abruptly, as if the stories should trade structures.

The writing itself is decent, but I couldn't get beyond the content. Nearly every story involved some kind of sexual taboo, ranging from infidelity to incest. The topics alone don't necessarily ruin stories for me, but the taboos seemed to be more for shock than function. This collection likely went over my head. With focus, I can maybe see where this may function as a catharsis for sexual traumas (perhaps the normalized portrayal of traumatic experiences makes one feel less alone?), but it didn't hit that button for me.

Before reading, I specifically researched content warnings and found none, which is probably why this was a let down. I feel I may have been able to "get" the stories a little more had I been prepared for the challenging content. As far as synopses go, theres quite a gulf between "old man is socially awkward" and "old man is only sexually interested in teenagers."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

There's a lot of nuance with taboo topics in this collection, so labeling sensitive content gets a little tricky, and so does sorting them into intensity levels. And while these challenging topics aren't portrayed in a positive manor, they're not strictly "challenged" either. A general note – if you find certain content triggering or troubling but you're determined to read this anthology, proceed with caution.

bookishdov's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Body shaming, and Racism