Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Candide by Voltaire

5 reviews

evgeorge's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

It’s a satire and it’s funny. I don’t think it’s for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Antisemitism, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Violence, Classism, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Animal death

al_ex's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

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

honestly just don’t read it

hayleyvem's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

buildingtaste's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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

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

jana16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War