Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

8 reviews

minbyrnes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was very atmospheric and had me gripped. I was wondering what was going on and was confused the whole time but I was never bored. 

I especially liked the little snippets we got from the villagers/townspeople. 

I’m not sure I understand the ending but I’m not mad at it. 

All in all it was an interesting read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Animal cruelty

nixbix's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Incest

Minor: Animal cruelty and Murder

panthalassa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal cruelty

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow. My first thought after finishing Follow Me to Ground was, what on earth was Sue Rainford going through when she wrote this? My second thought was, holy crap this got dark fast. 

If you enjoy dark realism thrillers this is a must read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Pedophilia and Torture

cnohero's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Torture

jenns_library's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Body horror

Moderate: Child death and Incest

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

jbellomy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Excrement, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity

sarah984's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I picked up this book after seeing another Goodreads reader saying they wanted to put it in the freezer. It's appropriately strange and spooky, and I loved the creepy descriptions of the procedures themselves. However I wasn't really sold on the relationship with Samson and it takes up a huge portion of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty