Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

18 reviews

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Self harm, and Addiction

czoltak's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

Loved the concept of this one but the execution just fell flat for me. The ending felt like we didn’t actually resolve anything and just kind of went “it is what it is” 🤷‍♀️ which makes it hard to then care about the story overall. Also I will never fully enjoy a book where the dog unnecessarily dies especially when that dog is a PUG 😡

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit and Animal death

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.75

This was my first book by Ms. Dimaline, and she has me hooked. This writing was like cutting and edgy and poetic and just so incredibly raw and real. It felt so authentic to the rough-as-hell years of middle and high school. And the exploring of the sexuality and the fascination with dark things. I loved it all. I highly recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Murder, Alcohol, Confinement, and Sexual content

happyunicorn7's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Death, and Drug use

easefcik's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

This was beautifully written and absolutely haunting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, Self harm, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, Addiction, and Grief

emetrock's review

dark emotional 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

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Animal death

racheloddment's review

dark hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Self harm

drtx_bwt's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Lesbophobia, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders

mpbookreviews's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Vomit, Drug abuse, Bullying, Animal death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Self harm, Drug use, Animal death, Grief, Vomit, and Suicide