Reviews tagging 'Death'

Tvornica lutaka by Elizabeth Macneal

18 reviews

constancepoplos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

3.75

This book…..holy cow did it make me feel things and not always good things. This is a story of obsession and heartache and unrealistic visions of the world. Each character has major flaws which makes the story as a whole feel fairly real. But Silas…..I haven’t been so disgusted by a character in so long (maybe ever). This would be perfect around Halloween to read with a book club!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

sheeprustler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Stalking

teresaelj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

God I loved this book. 
The perfect circular way this book was written. 
Iris is the perfect main character, flawed and stunning and kind and passionate and agh! I love her.
The way Macneal mirrors iris and rose and then Louis and Silas is brilliant. The concepts of obsession vs love, male gaze vs female gaze, and the concept of true freedom are explored so beautifully. I cannot recommend this book enough. It is so elegantly told as well as beautifully written. Just stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

ARE U FUCKING KIDDING ME????????????????? NO FINAL CHAPTER???????? WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT???????
Im gonna scream

no reunion chapter??? Fucking albie????????????WHAT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

arielcorrea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I picked this book up after hearing Soairse-Monica Jackson talk about her role in the TV adaptation. I completely misheard her description and spent the majority of the book waiting for a story line that never happened (my fault). Aside from that, I found Silas to be sickening and knowing what he was working up to was hard to deal with. This story of Iris, based on Lizzie Siddal, is powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

books_for_the_bat's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Excrement, and Classism

skyegbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I didn't so much like the vague ending.

My heart breaks for Albie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

dorien_s's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Drug use, Sexism, Excrement, Medical content, and Classism

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. What a read! This is an immediate classic in my mind and I'll be reading it again very soon.

The thing I appreciated the most is how so delightfully balanced the author is with her details. She doesn't shy away from how gross Victorian London was, but she doesn't use it for shock value, either. She is clearly well-researched in the history and language of the time, but she doesn't spoon feed the reader with it. 
It was truly a delight to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

pages_with_a_preoccupied_prin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail