Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

19 reviews

kayleyb's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

lifeofpabclo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Medical content, Cursing, Child death, Drug use, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Blood

eleanorryd's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense slow-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

4.5

I hate how this book makes me feel but I love that it can make me feel so much? It's genius but terrible. I hate it but I love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Addiction, Violence, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, and Child death

noahee's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Sexual content, and Vomit

kirstybaxter's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Cancer

jamesphillips0108's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Excrement, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Cursing

renty's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Incest

moonandmadness's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

When I say this has every trigger warning under the sun, I mean it. Despite this, I don't feel the horrors contained in this novel ever lack self awareness. Although I can see an argument about cheap shock factor being exploited, I felt that the strength of this novel is facilitating empathy without ever glamourising, or glorifying the characters - an even more startling feat when considering how thoroughly unpleasant most of them are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

noreen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, and Violence