Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Strange Bird by Jeff VanderMeer

14 reviews

willow_the_wisp's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

u53rn4m's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Grief, and Torture

leo_mal's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Switching to a non-human character (sort of) made the world of Borne a lot easier to slip into the flow of. I'm still not sure why, maybe it seemed less ridiculous for all the nonsense to be happening to a nonsense creature. Probably my favorite VanderMeer protagonist I've read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

scytheria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

Moderate: Grief and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse

bedtimesnack's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This story was heartbreaking and thought-provoking. It challenged me to think about animals in a different way. The story might stand on its own okay, but it's meant as a companion novella to Borne. I would read Borne before this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Cannibalism and Torture

friutpunch's review

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

cursivewolf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. I adore the Strange Bird. A gorgeous tragic creature. Weeping towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child death, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Medical trauma, Medical content, and War

thevioletfoxbookshop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Just as strange, eerie, and haunting as you expect Jeff VanderMeer's work to be. I think I would have benefited from reading Borne first, but this was a solid peek into that world. I never finish one of VanderMeer's books without feeling the atrocities that we humans inflict on the natural world in a deep and acute way. This one was no different.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: War

fableborealis's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Body horror

bakerreads's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Slavery, Confinement, Medical trauma, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Blood