Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

34 reviews

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness, Police brutality, and Death of parent

shakgraph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was slow paced, which is not the pace that I prefer to read at. I remember liking it in high, so I kept reading. Even though the writing is slow, I appreciated the good writing- the figurative language. I also wanted to know the answer to the mystery of the doctor's past. A lot of sad moments. Horrible moments too. This is a good book to learn the horrors and inefficiency of vengeance from the uprising of any group of people to just have a different set of folks abusing power. Both parties were wrong. The hope is in eternity with Jesus.

The character development of Sydney Carton and Mr. Cruncher were the best parts of the book. Sydney Carton was the character I sympathized with from the start and liked (besides Mr. Lorry and, eventually, Miss Pross). I don't exactly remember where the moment happens, but Carton accepts Jesus and repeats John 11:25 leading up to his death and it is powerful and the truth "...I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die,he shall live." I mean- WOW. And you see that the Holy Spirit transforms Carton in that he doesn't get drunk at the end of his life. I was moved by Mr. Cruncher's come to Jesus moment. At the beginning of this book Mr. Cruncher would demand that his wife not pray for him, in fear that she would ruin his "honest" work as a grave robber. He would tell his young son to stop her everytime she prayed(he would say flopped. Lol)to God too. He was such a bad example to his son and a horrible husband. At the end of the book he represents from his sin and tells Miss Pross to tell his wife that she can flop(pray) whenever she wished. The most heart breaking part of the book was what Therese's family and the doctor went through- bone-chilling. Also, the epilogue is fantastic. I like that you hear from Sydney Carton's view in heaven. The last sentence ,my goodness, is so satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Violence

benegesserwitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism and Classism

Minor: Gore

soph_mills's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Classism

helenafaustina's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this! I think it’s underrated, as I’ve always heard that it’s long, slow, and boring, but I found the plot to be really interesting and the characters really awesome. And I love Dickens’s writing, especially with the occasional clever quips and the way he illustrates someone’s character so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Nothing is inappropriate, but should be for a more mature audience, good for high school.

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

At first, the regular repetition of phrases was a bit jarring, but then it grew on me.  There was also a lull in the middle where it dragged but the last third of the book was positively action packed with everything coming to fruition.

Cry count: 2

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism

lynniekate's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape

rishankl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.0

A beautifully crafted classic. Though hard to read, depicts the life of people during the French Revolution, and has an ending that will never be forgotten.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape

millie_eevee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Gun violence

doubledevelo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The first and last sections were by far my favorite, the middle was too slow paced and romantic for me personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War