Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

4 reviews

camila_v's review

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I won't give it 5 stars, because I enjoyed the movie more and it made the characters seem more... human? Empathetic? Idk
This book is acid, hard, bleak and hilarious at the same time. 

It's all written in modern scots, so be aware of that. I recommend making your own glossary, you'll need it. 

This book is also a trigger warning fest, it has almost all trigger warning possible except necrophilia or something like that.
It's not for the thin skinned, but if you can handle anything that an author throws at you from the perspective of a drug addict in the 90's.

It's super recommended, even if you have never seen the movie.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

my_a's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

It felt hyper-realistic, like people were filling me in on their lives. The style sucks you in. 

But I didn't get a lot of it. Seemed like a series of short stories rather than a novel. You get used to the dialect quickly but I found it difficult following who was narrating & who was being spoken about - so I'd know what was happening but not who it was between. Especially was confused by the switching people characters names and nicknames - but didnt want to google them and ruin any plot! Made it really hard to track characters and plot. Lots of moments seemed undeveloped and just left without follow up - particularly "The First Shag in Ages" chapter. Somes scenes and dialogue I found really disturbing and uncomfortable.

I think I need to watch the film and re-read it more intentionally.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Trafficking, and Fatphobia

porporina's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Grief, Murder, Animal cruelty, Rape, War, Ableism, Fatphobia, Gore, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, and Classism

sylvieee's review

dark medium-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Racial slurs, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Death, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse and Ableism