Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

140 reviews

lionaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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important to mention: i am autistic and physically disabled

was forced to read this book in school and wasn't warned about the dark topics. i wasn't prepared, or old enough to read something like this (i was a grade ahead of my age group). the sexual assault, graphic death, and animal cruelty were incredibly awful to read about. the abelism made me feel very awful about myself, even though i was undiagnosed at the time.

if you're a teacher, especially to younger students, don't put this book on the curriculum without providing content warnings or an alternative. not having that ruined the book for me, and i will never read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery

Minor: Alcohol

elissa_t's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is my second Steinbeck this year and I’m very happy I picked this one. From the beginning, we knew something major was going to happen and this book ended in a way that was expected, but we hoped wouldn’t happen. The characters were well developed and each one felt very distinct. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death

ciel_nemo's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 99%

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J’ai du supprimer et refaire la review psk le livre apparaissait dans mes « livres lus » et même si oui je l’ai lu en entier je ne souhaite pas qu’il apparaisse dans mon récapitulatif du mois parce que c’est une grosse merde qui m’a fait dissocier pendant 3h ou +

De plus, très mauvaise adaptation, une BD qui met le texte intégral en dessous des cases c’est déjà mauvais signe, style inconsistant, pas de narration visuelle, rend le truc + difficile au lieu de faciliter la lecture.

Et puis bon les CW font partie de mon commentaire 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

padancer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder

llayaz's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

skellyton's review against another edition

3.25

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

rmesquirrel's review against another edition

2.5

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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My modern brain could not get passed the racial slurs, derogatory language, and what is CLEARLY a story about a mentally handicapped man.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jennsbarg's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Classism

michireading's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

theradegg's review against another edition

3.0

sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder