Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn

24 reviews

jfigi16's review against another edition

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

3.5

I picked up and put down this book many times between other projects because the first half is rather slow. Once it starts to pick up towards the middle you actually melt through the chapters pretty quickly. 
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othersociologist's review against another edition

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

3.5

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randeerebecca's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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kg18's review against another edition

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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? Yes

4.0

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whatkatyread87's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

3.75

This book is an incredibly slow burn until the last three or four chapters when it hits a stride. Love this author and the fact that she writes about Oregon ♥️
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amycapleitch's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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sun11's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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terrik_409's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Tense and sad. The main character gets failed at every turn 
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cady_sass's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

I struggled with this one. It’s difficult in the first half of the book to pinpoint what the plot is, and that keeps you reading until it’s almost too late to give up. I considered a DNF once we reached the point in which the actual plot gets revealed, but I was almost done so I stuck it out. I absolutely LOVED reading from the perspective of Stevie, the misunderstood and undiagnosed/untreated child with significant mental health challenges. Is his schizophrenic, is he suffering from Tourette’s, is it something worse? His family will not seek treatment so he just lives with his condition and its quirks, and I love him and his resilience so much, and his dedication to finding and helping his only friend. 
Where I struggled is in part 3 - the stories from part 1 & 2 come together and it makes logical sense but there is a great deal of animal death and I just can’t. Partially on me for not looking up triggers. Secondly, the ending is so sad. I am genuinely upset that this is where we ended up, and if we were going to end up here at least give me a couple other perspectives of those final scenes. Stevie deserved better. 
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m1972c's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

2.0

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