Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Outsider by Albert Camus

138 reviews

riozul's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Murder

soswiin's review against another edition

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

3.0

so this guy committed murder or whatever but more importantly, HE WASN'T SAD AT HIS MOM'S FUNERAL!!! case closed, time to cleave his head off.

idk i really liked the plague so i came into this with super high expectations. i get that meursault was supposed to be a stone-cold dude detached from morality and all but he was just sooo shallow. for 110 pages it was awfully long. i guess i was starting to chip away at the deeper philosophical side of this and i do wanna give it another chance but it's just so nihilistic and so depressing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence and Animal cruelty

hannasandmann's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Racial slurs

books_because_why_not's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was so-so for me. I thought the main character was very hard to understand the reasoning behind their actions or to even just relate to them. I did thing that the book had good pacing and was not a overbearingly long read. I think I just don't understand absurdism to like this book that much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

martinher's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Xenophobia, and Gun violence

agnela's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Death, Sexism, Murder, and Misogyny

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Colonisation, Abandonment, Death, Classism, and Animal death

nzmerchant's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Challenging read for me. It’s such a short book but took me so long to get into. Can’t say I particularly enjoyed reading it but I guess it was interesting? Honestly I feel like the MC wasn’t a bad guy - just had really poor social skills and low EQ, and I feel he could have done so much more to avoid the circumstances he was in. But I guess the whole point is non confirmity and sticking true to who he is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

passivewax's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Very fun read. Went into it knowing nothing and found it somewhat enchanting which told me a lot about myself I wasn’t expecting. Loved the writing style. smooth and intriguing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death