Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

L'attrape-coeurs by Jerome David Salinger by J.D. Salinger, J.D. Salinger

10 reviews

kayleajayne's review against another edition

1.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

I hated this book with every fiber of my being. I get that this book is about rebellion, especially in a time when rebellion was strongly looked down on, but the character is very annoying to me. Granted, there are some aspects of grief and avoidance of that grief that make you feel a little sorry for him, but his long snotty digressions on the phonies of the world is a real turn off. He’s a kid. A bratty kid who has something sad happen to him, but even still, he is not likable in his brattiness. The writing isn’t horrible and I get the symbolism of the catcher in the rye part, but I hated listening to the character and his voice. He was grating. And it was NOT enjoyable for me, classic book or not. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Child death

Minor: Cancer, Forced institutionalization

rory_john14's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

malloryjo0521's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

This book is really interesting when you look at it satirically

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content

Minor: Ableism

Lots of swearing

o3tri's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism

raccooonhands's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War

katharina_s's review against another edition

4.5

funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Transphobia, Vomit, Sexual harassment

j75's review against another edition

2.5

reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

This was such a weird book for me
I read it for school, so looking at it through that lens definitely helped me appreciate/understand this book more than if I had just read it for myself/for fun
Holden is unlikeable, that's for sure, and he's the main character so you are kinda stuck with him. It's very stream-of-conscious like, which means hearing alllll of his thoughts for a weekend
I enjoyed the aspect of Holden struggling with growing up, and his views on adulthood. Pretty conflicted as to how I view him. It was also interesting to see how mental health was treated in the past (spoiler: not great).
All and all, school made me like this from a thinking perspective, while my enjoyment level is pretty low
Hence, 2.5 stars = between it was ok/i liked it

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Suicide

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

0.5

slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

nickoliver's review against another edition

2.0

reflective slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

 I really need to think on this a bit more. I hated reading this book with a passion, but after a while, I realised I needed to look at it from another angle too. So I will do that. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

2.5

funny reflective sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship