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crustywhitedog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Ableism and Suicide
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence
kaznar342's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Suicide, Misogyny, Death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Death of parent
daintysinferno's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
Graphic: Suicide
micaelacccc's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, Mental illness, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent and Death
gamer_phil_elverum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Incest and Ableism
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
theoriginalallison's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Slavery, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Incest, Abandonment, Antisemitism, and Cursing
mattiedancer's review against another edition
- 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
- Fans of classics
- Those looking for a literary challenge with a dark and sombre theme
- Readers wanting to understand the complexities of the southern United States post the Civil War
- Abuse, Racial Slurs, Racism, Colonialism, Misogyny, Sexism, Abelism, Suicide, Emotional Abuse, Death, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, substance abuse
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs
rchlfrkr's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Incest, Alcohol, Child abuse, Suicide, Violence, Racism, Death of parent, Ableism, Misogyny, Classism, Death, and Suicidal thoughts
callis_to's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Incest
braveprincess11's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Assigned for university, and we haven’t had the lectures on it yet, so maybe there’s something I’m missing. But I doubt it.
I understand the events of the novel as they occurred (though I still haven’t figured out Quentin the Younger’s father, or which one of the brothers admitted to incest - Quentin, I think?), so I understand that it’s supposed to be a sad tale about intergenerational trauma, shame and secrets.
What I didn’t understand is - why I’m supposed to care? I didn’t find any of the characters in the slightest bit compelling, and Faulkner’s stylistic and syntactic choices served no other purpose than to confuse.
And the entirety of the final section - April 8th, 1928 - added nothing to the story, save Quentin the Younger robbing Jason and running off. I don’t understand the purpose served by the novel following Benjy & Dilsey to mass, and the ending is abrupt and un-final. Why can’t Benjy be taken to the left of the Confederate statue? Why does it upset him so? What is over there?
- Those are questions which I’m hoping my uni lectures will answer, though I quite doubt it. I really do hope my mind is changed on this book, as I was really excited about reading Faulkner, and am disappointed to be as let down as I was.
Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Incest
Minor: Death of parent and Death