Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

25 reviews

brookey8888's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this! I’ve watched the movie a few times, but never read the book. It’s honestly pretty similar. I really enjoyed scout as a narrator. This is obviously a serious book that handles some serious topics, but it feels cozy. If you haven’t read this yet I do recommend it. It’s an easy read as well for a classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Racism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, and Death

artiiichoke's review against another edition

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Ableism, Hate crime, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Classism, and Violence

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The story is very elaborate and reads very well. And storytelling is awesome, too. Since I listened to the book as an audiobook, I also really loved the way the audiobook was done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Slavery, Racial slurs, Ableism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Confinement

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, and Domestic abuse

madradstarchild's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death of parent, Ableism, Rape, and Gun violence

amyhamilton's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Hate crime, Death, and Death of parent

sarah_ann_roth's review

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Ableism

lillyskyemily's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Ableism and Hate crime

elinthenilsson's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, and Xenophobia

senny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Slavery, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, and Blood

azaleas_bouquet's review

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Quite boring unless you’re able to become fully invested in the characters (I, unfortunately, was not). On the topic of racism, it’s an interesting read in the context of seeing how civil rights have progressed since the writing of this book, but that’s about it. The characters are still racist and Atticus is still painfully white. Him and the book give a lot of “passes” on other character’s racism and frame racism is about the individual rather than the system, something I found rather annoying. Again, not a /bad/ read per say, but it wasn’t very engaging and if you’re looking for a commentary on racism, this isn’t it. However, the writing style and structure with how Harper Lee presented characters were very nicely done and it was satisfying to compare them and look back and realize connections she was setting up (which made sense, since this is a small town).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Hate crime

Minor: Drug abuse and Ableism