Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

97 reviews

helse's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i read this for school, of course that made me hate it more than I already did 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism

bsmulca's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism

kearneth's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I do understand why some people would love this (I guess), I truly hated the experience of reading this novel. I found the characters to feel performative and hollow, and I truly was not able to get anything beneficial out of reading this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Violence

mayszn's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing

Minor: Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism

eliya's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i was really hoping that this was gonna end with the five of em living their best lives. this is hopelessly devastating.

the scene that steinbeck paints is very well done. heavily descriptive just up to the point where it sets the scene, no further, which i appreciated bc i get dizzy with too much detail.

quick read, horribly packed with internal conflict. poor george. poor lennie. poor mae. i strongly believe that steinbeck was not “demonstrating bias of the period” so much as participating in it heavily.

i’ll think about this book for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape

interaction where lenny grabs hold of a woman’s dress and won’t let go, she is terrified and says he tried to rape her

heavy use of the n word

rat_king6767's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Slavery

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content

eq_isi's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was for sure interesting at the end but most of it happened at the end. Basically lennie forgets things and he accidentally hurts people, that’s like the first 70 pages. After that it gets better though. Since it was written a long time ago and during the Great Depression, it does use words that we have now deemed as racial slurs and hateful language. Also the poor dog dies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder

cactuspunk's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Mental illness

marenm's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

camrynkoester's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault