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melist6's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual assault
giulidrago's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Holden è immaturo, lamentoso, ingenuo e irritante come ogni adolescente stereotipato, ma nonostante i suoi innumerevoli difetti non può non suscitare tenerezza e simpatia, perchè tutti nella vita ci siamo sentiti persi come Holden: è per questo sentimento di solidarietà e riconoscimento che si tifa per lui, perchè una sua eventuale vittoria sarebbe anche la nostra.
Moderate: Homophobia
berratrixie's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, and Blood
Minor: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Cancer, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Terminal illness
angelo_vossen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Suicide
rory_john14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Alcoholism, Grief, Cursing, Alcohol, Suicide, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Homophobia, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Classism, Child abuse, Bullying, Racism, Gore, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Ableism, and Murder
happysoullovesyou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny
Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Adult/minor relationship
wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Cursing, Cancer, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Sexual content and Homophobia
hannah_cogo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death
Moderate: Suicide, Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Addiction, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual content
wrensandroses's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, and Sexism
Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Homophobia, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Vomit
zeraphyr's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
While Holden is certainly a very... idiosyncratic character (he's a bit of a dick, quick to pass judgment on others whilst falling short of identifying the same flaws in himself sometimes), he's also a character that's very true to the adolescent struggle of failing to fit in. To find a purpose in a world that places a lot of restrictions upon people while growing up. And how in trying to rebel against the confines of adulthood and this sense of alienation from ourselves, we can get lost just as well as when we're giving in.
There's a lot of other interesting themes and often dark topics (like sexual assault and trauma) that get brought up, but this one resonated with me the most.
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child death, Sexual content, and Child abuse