Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

171 reviews

itzme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

sashajames's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Abandonment, and Child abuse

ellewoodsfanclub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

stacy_27_'s review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book is not as great as everyone claims it is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Minor: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

paulathepudding's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

canopicfemme's review against another edition

4.25

“stay gold” tying my noose as we speak

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

niamhbereading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

i read this book in sixth grade, seven years ago. i saw it in the library recently & was amazed. i immediately picked it up & took it to the check out w/ me, excited to revisit one of my favorite books in middle school. here's what reading it was like, seven years later. 

i'll start w/ what i liked. the narrator, ponyboy, has a good narrative voice. it's very distinct to him, which makes the narration enjoyable to read. he describes things only the way a fourteen year old would: w/ stress for the story & love for the other characters. i really believed that ponyboy was telling me this story himself w/o a filter, & very simply, w/o regard to sounding like literature. 

another thing i liked: the dynamics between all the characters were really fleshed out & unique. ponyboy's relationship w/ each of his brothers is unique, as w/ his relationship to his friend johnny, as is his relationship to cherry from his rival gang, etc. the author definitely paid good attention to the backstories of each relationship to give each one their uniqueness. 

i believed in the setting. the author doesn't state where the story is taking place exactly, only w/ vague references to street names & local geography. however, the community felt real. the rivalry between the greasers & the socs felt real & understandable, even if it was irrational in the universe of the book. everything made sense. 

the ending was very satisfying. turns out that the whole book was ponyboy writing his story for an english assignment. i liked that it came full circle <3 

ok now for my qualm: there is zero figurative language in this book At All. the narration is just ponyboy explaining the story very matter of factly. i understand this was a choice of the author, but damn they couldn't slip in one metaphor? a simile or two? it made the story feel flat for me. 

a fun read! good solid adventure. stakes were high but so was the quality of relationships. i'm taking off some points bc of my one qualm: the narration got boring at times. thanks <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death

blitz_ramna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

i_cant_ive_got_rehersal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Gun violence

Minor: Child death, Murder, and Child abuse

samiann's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder