Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

10 reviews

nvillanuevadrv's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.0

This Steinbeck is better than Grapes of Wrath but still disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Ableism, and Sexual violence

bribree's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

mad_henshall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

*read for school* 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

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

yellowvans's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Cursing

Minor: Forced institutionalization

swiftiesophie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Hate crime, and Sexual violence

abbyreadsbigbooks123's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

lowercasenospaces's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape and Racism

mediocrem's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Animal death, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Racism

Minor: Sexual violence and Toxic friendship

the violence enacted on Curley's wife was incredibly disturbing and reminiscent of sexual violence. Although Lennie does not sexually harm Curley's wife in any way, the way he kills her is extremely vivid and just reminded me of it. The same can be said about the way Lennie treated that one woman in Weed-it wasn't intentional or meant to be sexual, but from an outsider's perspective it can look like sexual harassment. This is just something to be wary of when reading.

politicat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

the ending sure was sad but it didn’t leave me in shambles as much as i’d like it to. why the hell did he use the n word so much? i almost went crazy reading that one chapter where he used it over and over again i swear he could’ve just used Crooks name it’s not that hard. george loves lennie so much that kind of part is just heartbreaking but overall it’s a book. i’m really bad at ratings idfk i just don’t love it and don’t think id recommend it to anyone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Violence, and Sexual violence