Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Stranger by Albert Camus

136 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

jessica_rva's review against another edition

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: Domestic abuse and Misogyny

Moderate: Racism, Ableism, Sexism, and Animal cruelty

tofuelite's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

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

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

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

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

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

happyknitter2020's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Such a tragic little book. If only they had understand that he had autism he could have been supported. 

An isolated man's life...his mother dies, a girl wants to marry him within days, his neighbour abusing his dog, his friend beung abusive, violent and exploiting women & them the pressure of it all building in his head, his lack of understanding & the intens  sun, the heat...led him to shoot a gun & kill a man he had never met before on a beach. 

No wonder he didn't understand why...

Some of the sentences in the following chapters are stunning. The way his mind manages being in Prison, the Court proceedings & the sentence passed...utterly tragic, will stay with me for a long time.

Glad I have found Camus, will read more of his books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Grief, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Violence