Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

6 reviews

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Sexism, Gun violence, Grief, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Animal death, and Physical abuse

aloy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

megxlily's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy and War

el13's review against another edition

slow-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

3.5

Hardy’s descriptions of the natural world are beautiful! However, I’m disappointed by the substance of this book. The plot feels deeply sexist. Bathsheba is an antihero of sorts, but is blamed for all the unfortunate events while two of her suitors seem like her complete victims. Though perhaps he is saying that they are victims of their own romanticism projected on a reckless woman who does not truly want them. They have their part to play in the tragedy as well, and women were more dependent on men at the time, especially when stuck in a marriage or in need of resources. Bathsheba may break their hearts, but

each of the men in the story prove themselves to be capable of ruining her life. Troy squanders her fortunes and cruelly destroys her heart. Boldwood is delusional and unchecked, harassing a new widow about marrying him. He kills Troy rather than let him be with Bathsheba. Oak doesn’t leave appropriate distance between himself and Bathsheba, and has mixed motivations in everything. At the end, he basically gives an ultimatum: he quits his job as her longstanding farm manager and her business suffers, or they marry

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Many descriptions of women in general as well as Bathsheba specifically are demeaning and untrue. While having a problematic heroine is not a problem, I’m concerned with Hardy’s motivations in writing this. Seemed like he was encouraging an ignorant narrative of woman’s nature (and my footnotes also led me to believe this). I wish books like this were not so prominent in the “classic” English canon we keep in contemporary times. Read for the nature descriptions and to get angry at long-dead men and their sexism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Death

elenavillan's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexism

Moderate: Death and Suicide attempt

nerdkitten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and War