Reviews tagging 'Death'

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

42 reviews

kvrapcu's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

mintii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I took my sweet time reading this book up until the end. The narrator has a way of describing scenes that's disorienting and manic, which I found to be difficult to keep up, but thematically appropriate. 
The ending was not at all what I thought it would be. 

McMurphy being killed by the Chief was not expected. The unraveling of the end felt like everyone believed in the transformative magic of McMurphy's presence. So the refusal to believe that even he could be captured by the Combine and lobotomized was fitting but I wasn't expecting the narrator to take initiative in fixing that.

It's like when people say "Don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened." Taking the initiative to control whether or not you or other could be sad perhaps shows the influence of such an institution as this mental hospital and Nurse Ratchet's power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Cultural appropriation

isirla's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

This book. This book made me laugh. It made me cry. It made me so angry. And it made me feel peaceful at times. Some parts didn't age well. But I could see past it. After seeing the movie starring a young Jack Nicholson at least three times, I knew I needed the experience the book could bring. And it didn't disappoint!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, and Dementia

zoinkie's review against another edition

dark funny tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

bruisedtigers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

 “But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Classism

tonyrig's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

lizkocher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Dementia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual harassment, and War

goldenslug's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

ricardo_sb's review

dark tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Racial slurs

kcheyne's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail