Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Stranger by Albert Camus

134 reviews

jacob_dion's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

amelieedenn's review

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Murder, Death, and Gun violence

manish003's review

reflective slow-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

4.5

A naked view of how biases rule the world from a man who adds nothing extra of his own to what he experiences, who is condemned to death just because his actions didn't qualify as normal, who is intolerant of any comforting religious privileged nonsense and accepts that life has no greater meaning.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Death

mushasha's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

kajasversion's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed it, I thought it was a perfect reflection of Camus’ philosophy. It’s definitely a book that makes you think after you’ve finished and I was able to connect with the views of the main character. Over sll i liked it a lot, I found it to be very entertaining and accessible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

desiderium_incarnate's review

reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

"Well, so I'm going to die." Sooner than other people will, obviously. But everybody knows life isn't worth living. Deep down I knew perfectly well that it doesn't much matter whether you die at thirty or at seventy, since in either case other men and women will naturally go on living - and for thousands of years. In fact, nothing could be clearer. 

This book is really easy to read, which was the reason it got even 3 stars from me. I don't know why it won a Nobel Prize in Literature to be perfectly honest. Because basically these are the main points of the story: 

• Meursaults mom dies
• He has/shows nearly no emotions during the whole book which makes it pretty boring character wise 
• He is convinced nothing matters (out of a very egoistical reasoning it seems) 
• Because of this he has no trouble making friends with pretty unkind, mysoginistic people and partly supports them in hurting others
• Then he gets a sunstroke and shoots someone
• He is tried and found guilty and will be beheaded

I just think that if nothing matters, or at least things only matter if you attribute them meaning, why do you choose to be a dick? Kindness and empathy are real, other people have feelings, why not choose to be kind? I expected to read a different, absurdist take on 'Life is meaningless' but once again I only found sexist, racist and violent men being nihilistic. Great! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Death

jasminemilktea's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Death of parent

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol

sissa's review

challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, and Death

katharinaamaliae's review

challenging dark 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

2.25

Maybe I read a bad translation or something, but the writing in this book was so dry somehow, so I didn't enjoy it at all. The main character was so extremely unlikeable, wich should be kind of obvious, but the book made it seem like the reader was supposed to like him or feel sorry for him wich was really weird. The book wasn't awful, but it definitely wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence