Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Hiirtest ja inimestest by John Steinbeck

107 reviews

jupiter_56's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

0.75

i just generally didn’t like the book. i was forced to read it for school and thought it has the most mind-boring plot ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Bullying, Racism, Ableism, Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

infjkiki's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, Ableism, Racial slurs, Animal death, Death, and Hate crime

presleyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Grief

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Read it for school as I'm sure most people did. It's alright; way shorter than I thought it would be. The writing is good, but it also comes across as a little bit whiney and pessimistic, and it ends up sounding like every other book written and set in that era of time. It's extremely hard to like any of the characters, which might be the point but it made it kind of a slog to read even though it's so short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Classism, Infidelity, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Religious bigotry

awkward_swine's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m not gonna lie, this book was traumatizing, literally the only female character is called a harlot for having red fingernails, and don’t even get me started on Curly’s glove of Vaseline smh. But other than that, it’s an amazing book that has important themes about friendship and innocence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Animal death, Cursing, and Gun violence

_gabi_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Racism, Abandonment, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, and Gun violence

iuvmoonie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Racism, Murder, Animal death, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, and Death

fernhunter's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

It was one of the first books in a long time that made me truly uncomfortable and I really disliked all of the characters. The main ideas are so deeply hidden that I had to read analysis to understand what exactly this book was written for. I read it only because my literature professor used it as an example of "mice and men" model of society when we were discussing O. Wilde but her explanation of the book is definitely better than the work itself. It was super weird and shocking, I had to take pauses and read this small story for days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Racial slurs, Murder, and Violence

the_teen_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I read this book because my tutor told me to, and honestly? The writing was good, the characters were interesting, and the story had a nice pace. I overall enjoyed reading it. Why did I remove two stars, then, you might ask? The animal deaths. The HUMAN deaths. It made me sick to my stomach, and I'm used to reading books with gore and violence (but usually in a fantasy setting). It was too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Violence