Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

L'Etranger (Collection Folio, 2) (French Edition) Publisher: Gallimard by Albert Camus, Albert Camus

44 reviews

biobeetle's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia

Minor: Misogyny

scifi_rat's review against another edition

3.25

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder

booitsnathalie's review against another edition

2.0

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Read this while trying to work through my thoughts on Arrest of a Stone Buddha (a game that blends French nihilism with Hong Kong action... definitely an interesting combination). It's a very compelling and enraging book, I think if I'd read this as a depressed teen alongside Myth of Sisyphus it would have been an instant favorite.

A decade later I don't have much use for nihilism and find the exercise here cloying and unmoving. I will give it props for being the type of philosophy I so strongly disagree with that reading it does prompt me to think a hell of a lot about why I am so put off, which I suppose is the purpose of philosophy in a way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Stalking

sagelikesscats's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Maybe a lot of people find the protagonist insufferable, but I didn’t really mind that he was nihilistic, maybe we that he didn’t care that the things he did had a negative affect on others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence

Minor: Racism

angela_iseli's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder

julianh's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Classism

eleni_erato's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Infidelity

augusts_20's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism

melchior's review against another edition

5.0

funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship

m4rtt4's review against another edition

3.25

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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One of the best unreliable narrators I've ever read! It gives you so much to think about when the writing is very objective and emotionless yet everything is still warped by Mr. Mersault's own perspective. There are so many layers that I couldn't possibly fathom everything despite this being my second time reading the book, but it was an interesting experience nonetheless. Marie was my favourite character, I wouldn't mind reading a whole book from her perspective.

extra .25 stars for one of the most iconic opening lines ever :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Colonisation