Reviews tagging 'Death'

Candide ou l'optimisme by Voltaire

36 reviews

lizzieb29's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

al_ex's review against another edition

1.5

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War

honestly just don’t read it

c_lde's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

szel_zsofi's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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it was sometimes funny, but also racist and anti-semitic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, Colonisation, War

Minor: Cannibalism

katariinatoivanen's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Antisemitism, Murder, Colonisation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical content

hayleyvem's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, War, Classism

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol

buildingtaste's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Amazing how I get so fed up with modern authors for going too fast through plot developments or not reasonably establishing the world, meanwhile Voltaire can be like "and then they went to South America for a bit" and I'll say "wow ok Francois where are you going with this one?" and the answer is "never mind that; we need to tend our garden."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Not sure I covered all the things that go down in this book, pretty much every chapter has some absolutely abysmal content.

roadki77's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny lighthearted 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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Was forced to read a boring portion for English class, but was delighted after reading the full thing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Classism

socalypso's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Xenophobia

kaitlin2749's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was intellectually stimulating. Voltaire engages the reader through a story in which he is able to weave philosophical beliefs about optimism. The novel is dark and cynical at times, but the conclusion brings all the events together to make a point that life is not perfect, we all have our own struggles that happen for a reason. These struggles will shape us, but we need not become obsessed with them. Rather, we just need to “cultivate our own garden.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, Classism