Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

14 reviews

lauren_shilling's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

Before I start this review, it should be noted that I had to read this for school and would not have picked this up on my own, so take my review with a grain of salt. I really enjoyed the first quarter of this book. After that, it felt a bit boring to me. It sounds odd to say it was boring, because so much was happening, but I just didn't really care about any of it. I feel as if there were too many characters to keep track of. and some of them could have been condensed into one character. I liked Oliver's character at first, I found him to be sweet and I really felt for him, but as the novel went on, I found him to be less and less realistic. The whole point was to showcase just how good Oliver Twist is in contrast to the harshness of society, but it might have been taken too far for me. Oliver just felt a bit too good to be true after a while. Other characters like Rose also made me feel that way. This is not a terrible book in my opinion, and I definitely see why it's a classic and why Dickens is such a classic author, but it also definitely wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death of parent and Animal cruelty

Minor: Child death

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Gore, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness

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abiofpellinor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, and Child abuse

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent

dwager's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

This book is early Dickens, and wanders a bit in terms of the story line. It is a dark and melodramatic look at the underworld of Victorian England,  much darker than any adaptation I've seen. The characters are archetypes of criminals, innocent child, benevolent grandfather, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Physical abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Deportation

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Ableism

Minor: Racial slurs

patchworkjester's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

emma6544's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

I really like the characters in this book and the ending but I found that the book was too slow at times and, perhaps, I would have enjoyed this book better as an audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

your_true_shelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, and Murder

naiu_cs's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail