Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Stranger by Albert Camus

26 reviews

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

Much to think about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

classical_learner's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.0

Ew—humans and their nature. 
Good exploration of Nietzschean consequences for what it means to value. Interesting elements of Roman law, too (arguments from absence as well as philosophy external to the courtroom).  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Grief

flooooo's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

5.0

Most relateable thing I've ever read. Really reflective, wanted to think about every sentence but often couldn't, because I didn't want to stop reading. Also really funny sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, and Sexual content

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

thebowandthebook's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

4.0

Really mindboggling classic. The main character's absolute dullness in experiencing the world penetrates the experience of the story and how the plot develops is interesting. 

Good amount of thoughts about a woman's body

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

toffishay's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The characters are complicated and often not all that likable, but it is valuable to read this one in the context of other works by Camus. The novel is all about the absurdity of this Mersault's life and life in general. It all means nothing and all we have is our own time. I struggle to place it, but it gave me a similar sense as reading O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker and Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. It could be something about the downtrodden main characters who are actors in their own stories, but fail to see the whole pictures and so are swept away, as we often are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content and Xenophobia

hannajor's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Camus is an absurdist. This is a short-form introduction (especially the last few chapters) into the meaningless and meaningfulness of life. It may be something that I read again, at a later point in my own life. The writing is good, and touches on emotional detachment well, while still being engaging. It's a classic for a reason, and it presents rather lofty philosophical ideas in a very digestible and interesting way. I would recommend this book. It doesn't take long to read and is thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content

sagelikesscats's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

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

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

Minor: Racism

fernash's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

books_because_why_not's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was so-so for me. I thought the main character was very hard to understand the reasoning behind their actions or to even just relate to them. I did thing that the book had good pacing and was not a overbearingly long read. I think I just don't understand absurdism to like this book that much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Death of parent