Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

8 reviews

jedisorci's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Child death, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing

polargare's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

1.5

Not one star because that’s reserved for DNFs. I at least didn’t DNF this book…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

cheeky_reads's review against another edition

dark funny tense 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? Yes

4.75

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this one! I think the characters are actually quite likable and their banter actually had me cracking up throughout. I would also love to see an animated adaptation as I feel the grotesque descriptions would lend themselves well to a visual depiction. I think it’s fair to warn people that there are flashbacks and time-jumps in this book, so much so that I actually paused and checked that I was reading the right book lol. I think the flashbacks work really well and present the information in an interesting way, but I imagine it might not be for everyone. In short, I think the main characters are enjoyable , the villains are detestable, and (almost) everyone gets what they deserve. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, and Cursing

For those who have read Cutter’s “The Troop”, the animal cruelty is wayyy less. I’m talking a single scene. But it’s there so I figured a warning might be appreciated for anyone on the fence. And I know cursing sounds a bit silly, but some of the phrases were really jarring to me, enough so that I thought to tag the book. But it’s a really good read!

janachigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Blood, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Racism, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Misogyny, War, Bullying, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

zw_books's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cursing, Vomit, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Chronic illness

carolinemb's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Animal cruelty

mightyredpanda's review

dark mysterious medium-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: Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cursing, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Animal cruelty, Racism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

ripxw's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Child death