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rory_john14'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
1.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Pregnancy
luke_823's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Slavery, and Classism
Minor: Racism
soupsswagreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse
Moderate: Drug use and Suicide
Minor: Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault
lunaliz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
tprsjr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Violence
jillboudreau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Minor: Drug abuse and Classism
rosinawrites7'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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, and Terminal illness
miaaa_lenaaa'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
<<SPOILERS>>
No wait i wish we had some from iceland after he gets sent there?? Oh and also i hate it when books reference Shakespeare, it high key makes me quale with anger and idk why xx
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
larkais'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
3.5
I think this novel would be more enjoyable if there was an in depth analysis of different themes and motifs.
The second half of the book feel flat for me. John, or the Savage, is probably supposed to be the modern person's surrogate in the novel with how he had access to old books and knowledge. He had a fairly puritan view of the world and how it ought to be run.
I like that we do see people knowing that they were conditioned to believe certain things but do not question it. "Your conditioning would make you no less thankful" compared to the Controller who states that "they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave"
Select quotes I liked:
"They might have been twin embryos gently rocking together on the waves of a bottled ocean of blood-surrogate" - I like that there is the ocean motif even when it's artificial in the new world
"You can't make tragedies without social instability" - I like this line because I only just finished watching Squid Game and it really was a tragedy built on capitalism's ever widening chasm of economic instability.
Moderate: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Misogyny
Minor: Suicide
ellemwan'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
3.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Racism
Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion