Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

6 reviews

the_bookwormhole_'s review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Child abuse, and Gore

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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camix_2000's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Murder

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

dannilmp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.5

For my first venture into reading Dickens as an adult, I was not disappointed. Actually I am glad I have very vague or no memories of the various film adaptations (aside from Oliver and Company) so that I could read this novel with fresh eyes to the story. 

Firstly, I expected to struggle with understanding the type of language used and the way sentences are strung together in classic literature but I was pleasantly suprised when I found I was flying through the pages, only having to go back and re-read passages a few times. The addition of footnotes at the end of the book was very helpful as well. I enjoyed watching Oliver grow throughout his trials and tribulations and the occasional illustrated scene in this edition was a lovely touch. I felt the way each character's story wrapped up was the highlight of this book for me and certainly the ending has stuck with me. 

On the other hand, this edition had a section for noting changes between various editions of the novel as it was released but it was not easy to notice this while I was reading, it was something I stumbled across as I was looking for footnotes for other explanations. Additionally, it was quite a chore to keep having to flick to the back of the book every time a footnote appeared, I do prefer footnotes written at the bottom of pages but I feel this was a small price to pay for easier understanding of the novel's concepts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail