Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

14 reviews

mamatrauma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Child abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Child death, Grief, and Violence

tays_books's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Racism, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Vomit, Grief, and Infidelity

chrissssssss's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Mental illness, and Gun violence

nicolinebl's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

The movie was certainly better. 
Better thought out and with scenes that really hit. I still got some enjoyment out of reading this book, but the movie was just so much more emotional. The characters more loveable. 

And there were some weird scenes written in here to be honest. Like the part with Knox and Chris and the scene where Keating shows questionable photos to some teenage boys. The movie came first and had some great scenes that weren't put in the book but they added these weird and uncomfortable ones??? Like, just no.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Stalking, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Violence, and Religious bigotry

probablytoolate's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Vomit

lizzye33's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Violence, Sexism, Grief, and Gaslighting

maiishigami's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

ereich_'s review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

szel_zsofi's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was based on the film, which I loved.
However it wasn't well written, I only felt the emotions when I remembered how it looked like in the film.
When I saw Neil smile, I thought that his smile lit up the whole room etc., but in the book it just said he smiled. The chemistry between the characters was missing too.
It should have been way longer, telling us details and everything.
And to add, some if my favourite scenes were missing, like what?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

gwrhyr's review

inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Having seen the film some years ago, I was surprised that Kleinbaum managed to turn Knox Overstreet in even more of a creep.
There were, however, also some great additions, such as

Keating's visit to the cave, and Chris' and Ginny's slightly bigger role in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Violence