Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

O Amante de Lady Chatterley by D.H. Lawrence

6 reviews

wordsmithreads's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility, Ableism, Misogyny, Classism, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy

reubenlb's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-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

3.0

smut for the antiquated - at times dated, but also refreshingly relevant for today (bringing children into an overpopulated capitalist society), when you can actually make it through the slog that’s the middle of the novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Antisemitism

zosiablue's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.0

Well. I had a lot of feelings reading this! First, it's the book every kid knows is filthy, but I didn't read it until age 42. It definitely would've felt VERY dirty if I read it as a kid. Second, it felt like the eroticism was clickbait to get to his real point: classism and socialism and feminism, and hating rich people, ambition, and status. Which, yeah man! Third, like main character Mellors switches between his Derbyshire and posh accents, it felt like the writing was sometimes very bad and then sometimes very brilliant. Maybe this was an editing thing! 

Regardless, it was a funny little book that affected me even though none of the characters were likable. And in fact, many of them felt unsettling. (Connie's dad??)

And I was expecting a different ending! But the ending we got is good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Classism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: War

kat1105's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Mental illness, Classism, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Misogyny

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.5

every time i had to read the phrase bitch-goddess i frowned a little more each time. the reviews that said if it weren’t for the fact that this book was banned, no one would’ve read it are completely right because that’s literally the reason why i read it. this book may have been ahead for its time, but it really doesn’t hold up today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Ableism and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment

thejuliette's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Infertility, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, and Grief