Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

3 reviews

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

orchidlilly's review

dark emotional funny tense 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

3.0

I actually liked a book school made me read? Wild, I know. But despite the sexism and the raging historical inaccuracies, it was fun to read. Maybe it was made more enjoyable by the fact that I got to watch my classmates read it out loud in horror and shame. The best thing you can do is make a bunch of high schoolers read out the lines of a horned up 17th-century character lol.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Cursing, Murder, and Ableism

Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, Bullying, Alcohol, Blood, Ableism, and Classism

cjfrank1's review

challenging 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

2.5

Miller's 'modern' analysis of the Salem witch trials is certainly outdated in the eyes of post-modern audiences, however, it is still a great allegory for McCarthyism and has a good emphasis on the importance of speaking out against an oppressive regime 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Sexism