Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

14 reviews

beaniebabyidiot's review

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

Minor: Antisemitism

asimpson7's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Such an interesting read. It really makes you think about how it would be like to live in that time. As I could not imagine thinking people who aren’t white are not equal to me. I know non-whites still face racism today. But to think of how they were treated back then is just awful. But I liked that Jen, Dill and Scout all thought it was wrong what they were doing to Tom Robinson. It shows childhood innocence and that people are taught to be racist they aren’t born that way, and because their father hadn’t raised them to be they weren’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Classism, Murder, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, and Incest

Moderate: Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Bullying

annapox's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Animal death, Addiction, Terminal illness, Death, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Death of parent, Colonisation, Cursing, Violence, Bullying, Antisemitism, War, and Medical content

lexibrownie's review

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

read this for english class and loved the writing style after i got used to it (30ish pages). the topics explored are hard to get through and the ethics of the white author’s usage of racial slurs throughout the book are not my place to speak on, but something to be aware of. overall, i found the story to be deeply moving and i think it’s worth your time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Classism

aryaa_05's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racism, Gun violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

nindie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

I read this book for my English homework since we have coursework or an exam based around it counting towards my GCSE grade. In short, my teacher forced my class and me to read it within a deadline which is never helpful in enjoying a book personally.

While reading the book, my main thought was constantly wishing to finish the book. Not only was it because I had a deadline coming up, but also it was because I found the book to be predominantly dull. There were many descriptions, characters, scenarios and even chapters that I felt were pointless in including or making a lengthy part of the book when it was unnecessary. A lot of these things included barely contributed to the plot, characters and overall themes. Because of this, the only sections where I had an interest in because they were significant were the

court trial involving Tom Robinson and the ending where Arthur Radley saves Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell.

Other things that were significant to the story were written out in a lengthy way that contributed to the dullness of the book.

There is another thing in which I found a problem, but this was just my personal preferences. I know that society's attitudes towards some communities were very disrespectful and corrupt at the time of this book. Despite this, I still felt tremendously uncomfortable reading this book because of the language used and the characters, even when aware of this information. It isn't the book's fault, in a way. It's because I don't feel as comfortable reading stuff like this, and I had to read this book for school and wasn't aware of how many things like this are in the book.

A last thing to say is I found too many characters included. Assumingly half mentioned wasn't necessary for anything or were mentioned in only 1-3 unimportant sentences. At one point, there were so many that I couldn't keep track of who was who.

All I was pointing out were negative points, but I like the themes it discusses, and I look forward to analysing the text thoroughly to learn more about those themes for my school work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Confinement, Rape, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Cursing, Animal death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Minor: Antisemitism, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Incest, War, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, and Suicide

fandomsandfiction's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

one of my favourite classics <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Classism, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Antisemitism

justovereherereading's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

I didn’t think I’d like this book and I have never wanted to read it, but I found a copy in a holiday home we were staying in and thought I’d read a couple of pages to see what it was like….well I got hooked! 
I really enjoyed it, I loved Scout and Jem, hearing their thoughts as they try to make sense of the world around them & the fickle decisions of adults. I loved the wisdom of Atticus and how he explained the world to his children. 
A thoroughly enjoyable classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Slavery and Bullying

Minor: Antisemitism

imkate_sand's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Minor: Rape, Incest, Alcoholism, Addiction, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Antisemitism

beca_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

I finally got around to reading 'To kill a mockingbird' after not having been given the chance at school. I'm very glad that I have read it as it was a beautiful book, with a lot of meaning, Seeing the story from the children's eyes was a great way to explore the themes running throughout the book, and shows just how much children learn and observe from the world around them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism