Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

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

66 reviews

emmiesbooks16's review against another edition

1.5

emotional reflective sad medium-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

---

May I say I had to read this book for English class so yea. Anyways I truly did not enjoy this book most of the book I only really started to enjoy it was the last couple of chapters. I really did not like Holden because he was hypocritical and honestly a bit of a misogynist. I thought some of his ideas of life were a bit out there like his whole stance on movies. Though I can say I did enjoy how you could see how unstable he was at the very beginning of the book and how his mental health declined throughout the books, by the way he became more erratic, desperate, the way he spoke so fast and thought a million thoughts so fast. I also did enjoy some of the messages in the last few chapters and the interactions with his little sister Phoebe. Because if Phoebe I felt I saw more of Holden true character and what he could be. But it’s only really then ending with his sister that redeemed a bit of the book for me, for most of the book I was miserable at the least. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Misogyny

booitsnathalie's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death

stuckduck's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Toxic friendship, Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Violence, Vomit

ariel_is_a_dreamer's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

"Até certo ponto era verdade, mas não é totalmente verdade. As pessoas estão sempre pensando que alguma coisa é totalmente verdadeira."

Não estava preparado pra me identificar tanto com o protagonista, sinceramente. Ri pra caramba em algumas partes, é um livro divertido de ler, o protagonista é um bom narrador. 

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Pedophilia, Suicide, Transphobia

laurybye's review against another edition

2.0

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Written in first person like a diary with overused moderate cursing. Terms and slang somewhat outdated. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Religious bigotry

Considering book content available to minors in school today, banning this classic is hypocritical and may draw attention to this sad book.

pythonesque's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny 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: Yes

---

A youth with all of the marks of clinically depressed person in dire need of a help runs away from school for New York and trying to find any human connection for two days. 
Oh, Holden. You snotty, whiny, angsty miserable idiot of a guy, with such a massive emotional pain that it hurts me to even think about it. My heart breaks for him for the entire plot.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Suicide

krystaltyong's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

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

brynhayes's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

jhg1995's review against another edition

0.25

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Filled with empty verbiage after empty verbiage and enough mundanity for it to pass as contemporary rather than the fifties setting that it is, this pile of paper(I shall not bestow it the honor of being a book) is the definition of overrated. Holden Caulfield is the biggest phony no matter what he says. The only thing he ever gets right is that his siblings Allie and Phoebe are superior.
Read something else instead!
👎👎👎👎👎

https://64.media.tumblr.com/30e40e2e29be9e168536a6f599fc3558/0732740a2e27184a-be/s500x750/4880b0af6f7eadef9010fc3650a310eeaf0304fd.gifv

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Child death