Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

7 reviews

tays_books's review

inspiring reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Racism, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Vomit, Grief, and Infidelity

blueberryelf's review

fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Suicide

ladybergart's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Racism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Suicide

moonsickn3ss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

2.25

Could have been a good book, but really was not. I like the “seize the day” message, but that’s literally it. This book was just chock-full of misogyny, racism, and bad writing. The fact that Knox sexually assaults and borderline stalks a girl and then ends up dating her?? Literally vile. Charlie’s cultural appropriation and misogyny as well was of course very gross. Mr. Keating showing them videos of naked women so they can “practice to not get distracted during college when there’s women around”??? What the fuck was that. The writing just wasn’t good, this includes using the word “moaned” to describe how any female character said anything and the way they cut some scenes from the movie in this that were important (to me at least). Also we saw basically no insight into any of the characters’ dynamics or even their own personalities. My only movie over book take I have is this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism

iiselin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Cultural appropriation

jackyjoojoo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I will never recover from this.

ok so it isn't perfect by a long shot and the film is 100 times better than the book but I found that reading the book and annotating it was a way to compile my thoughts abt the story and stuff.

no the writing isn't amaizing but ya know what the story is good enough that I was distracted and I honestly loved it 


Neil Perry my love I am so sorry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

ufojules's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Physical abuse, and Infidelity