Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Stranger by Albert Camus

68 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

probablytoolate's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

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

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

andyourstruly's review

reflective

3.5

Camus had something deeply broken in him.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Colonisation, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

martin888's review

dark inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Grief

_bailey_reads_'s review

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

1.0

This was truly the worst book I’ve ever read. Not only was the main character completely insufferable but all the other characters were equally as awful. The idea of the main character being an “ordinary man” is disturbing. Nothing about him is ordinary in my book. The only thing I liked about the book was it’s overall creepy and dark tone. Otherwise I thought it was pointless, there is no development or growth. It was dull and borderline unreadable. 

Maybe I just completely missed the mark but I’m 99.9% certain the main character is a psychopath and truly has no emotions. He has no redeeming qualities. Allowing Raymond to do what he did is literally exhibit A. 
Also Marie is a complete idiot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Death

zerogoodknees's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

ryuutsu's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I honestly don't know what to make of this book. As a big fan of Camus' absurdism philosophy, I was really interested in what this book might be like. My conclusion is that this might be one of the strangest things I've read, but in a way oddly human because of it. I can't decide if I loved it or hated it, therefore leaving it at 3 stars. One thing is for sure though, it stuck in my mind and made me contemplate its implications and, especially, the lack thereof. Which might be exactly the point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, and Grief

3arth2kaye's review

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Physical abuse