Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

18 reviews

draconia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

brenna_b's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, Sexual content, and Violence

mayr3adsab00k's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dementia, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cultural appropriation

mamaquiereleer's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content and Excrement

vanessanalmeida's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Violence

mabisbes's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

The best book I’ve read in a long time. Charlie is one of the most loveable sci-fi protagonists (unlike Winston from 1984 or Montag from Fahrenheit 451), seeing such a deep transformation happen to him was definitely a wonderful experience. With that said, the book uses outdated terminology to refer to disabled people, and is not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Bullying, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Violence

eve_leclercracine's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

I had never heard of this book before joining “BookTok”. I picked it up because I was promised that I would be devastated and left crying for hours.
Unfortunately, after reading this, I can confirm that this was not the case for me.
Although it was super sad and there were moments when I was left speechless towards people’s puis poor attitudes, I did not shed a single tear.
Whether this says more about my expectations or me as a person has yet to be determined.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Medical content, Grief, and Cursing

Please note the extensive use of the r-slur. Very off putting, even for someone that isn’t effected by a lot!

sygritte's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia