Reviews tagging 'War'

Candide by Voltaire

29 reviews

gabspina's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

2.0

eu sei que é um texto filosófico e, nesse quesito, possui algumas reflexões até que interessantes (principalmente considerando a época em que foi escrito), mas pra acessar isso é necessário passar por tanta asneira e absurdos que eu diria que há formas melhores de discutir tais questões - entretanto, claro, existe valor sendo um clássico de tantos séculos, escrito por um nome de tanto peso 

também é bem acessível, pelo menos a versão que eu li, o que é um ponto positivo, no final das contas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Islamophobia, War, Trafficking, Sexism, Xenophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Colonisation and Murder

szel_zsofi's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.5

it was sometimes funny, but also racist and anti-semitic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Racism, War, Blood, Colonisation, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism

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.

thedisabledreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, War, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, and Slavery

hindyjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

it was my first philosophical book…

 i took away a lot and it was a great and entertaining starting point. 

though some chapters really dragged and messed with the pacing of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, and War

pippawig's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Racism, and Violence

bcgalore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

breaktheshell's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

somewhat funny. tbh there's not much reason to read it if you don't have a solid grasp on enlightenment philosophy, which i don't, and so a lot of the jokes didn't really land. at least it's short?

(the answer to the "Would you say the cast of characters is diverse?" question is "It's complicated" because it is but you will wish it wasn't lol)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

Moderate: War

Minor: Rape and Slavery

yooniereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Slavery and War