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Animal by Lisa Taddeo

119 reviews

greyyy's review against another edition

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

3.75


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adrienne_rennie's review against another edition

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

4.0


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nialiversuch's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.0


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maragtzrbooks's review against another edition

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

4.75

The world had set me up to believe that it was women who went mad. It was simply woman’s pain that manifested as madness.¨
¡Wow! Una historia que no aburre en lo absoluto, está llena de giros y misterio, así como una telenovela pero bien hecha [de la mejor manera posible]. Me provocó muchísimas cosas, ansiedad, asco, ternura, tristeza y mucha, mucha rabia. La protagonista vive en constante peligro y nos lleva por un camino fragmentado hacia la búsqueda de cercanía en un mundo que la amenaza y la cosifica.
Para mí está siendo imposible articular todo lo que me movió, es un libro que se vive.
Y si te atreves a leerlo, agárrate bien porque estoy segura que no deja espacio para la indiferencia, lo amas o lo odias.
Mucho trigger warning así que beware.

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damntessa's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.0

Ok, so reading Lisa Taddeo is always a ride. The book is written from a very introspective perspective, lots of hurt and trauma. Thematically, definitely not a light read, but just very real ig..

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mmegantylerr's review against another edition

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

4.5


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noveltay's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book was wild from start to finish. How many horrors and trauma can one person go through?!?! Can’t say more without spoiling, but PLEASE read content warnings beforehand. I did not and I did not realize how much hard topics would be mentioned in graphic detail.

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asummerdream's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I wanted to like this book so much... yet, once again, the advertising was better than the work. I barely managed to finish it.

Nothing happens for 300 pages and then there's too much action, yet somehow I am still looking for the catharsis. 

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meglee7's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

Fairly vulgar descriptions and touches on heavy themes. I loved Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women but this felt unsatisfying. Start was slow and doesn’t really get interesting until about 60% through and even after finishing I’m not entirely sure what the plot was as story seemed to get lost throughout 

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lilacwhisker's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

Eh. I liked the ending the most but other than that it was mostly boring and hard to keep track of. All the characters were pretty much the same person and I didn’t really feel like I was there (I get that’s it’s like a letter but still). 

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