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peggyluwho's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Violence and Misogyny
Minor: Abandonment
tigerkind's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
And thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.
To read this merely as a children’s book does not do it justice. Even though born in 2000, I grew up watching the 1953 version on VHS over and over again and the discrepancy between the two versions feels like a perfect illustration for the point the story is making about growing up. Reading it back makes me want to both be young again as well as to apologize to my mother.
Graphic: Misogyny and Racial slurs
Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Murder, and Death
Minor: Child death, War, and Confinement
queenofodas's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Misogyny
mcmeiss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Animal death
mskingbean69's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, Misogyny, and Body horror
tattymouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Reading this book once was enough - it will not get a place on my bookshelves and I hope my children never ask to read it.
Minor: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Child death, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Violence, Sexism, Murder, Racism, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Suicide
jaz_apples's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Violence and Murder
amanda_mh's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Sexism, and Cultural appropriation
kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Violence
inkdrinkermal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I felt I had to edit and censor a lot of the racial slurs and negative stereotypes, and also the violence. 110 years sure changes what's acceptable and unacceptable, especially for a children's book.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Violence