Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

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

153 reviews

the_autumn_reader's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Love this book so much. I always have and I always will!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia

lauraspeechly's review against another edition

5.0

emotional fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

madisone's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, War

lizziertaft's review against another edition

2.0

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was gifted this by my older sister when I was 18 and I never got around to reading it. She said it was intended to read before college, I didn’t understand until page 189. I found the words very comforting, unfortunately they came from a character who is suspect of preying on Holden sooo…He’s one of the many predators talked about in this book, to the point where I have to believe the author wanted us to understand how perverse men are. 

The POV of Holden gets old quick. The book is slow and severely overrated. What many consider a classic, I think is just outdated and dull. I do have empathy for Holden and hope he found healing where it was he was getting help for at the end. He reminds me a lot of an old best friend I had, I’m convinced Holden was a Gemini moon.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Grief, Alcohol

mme_carton's review against another edition

2.5

emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

nomatophobia's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional funny 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

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You know that game where somebody gives you a prompt and you have to rant about it as if you had years worth of bottled up anger on the subject? That's how this book was written. In the end they try to make it seem like MainCharacter will stop being so pessimistic but it was said in a way that was so unsatisfying to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief

Minor: Homophobia

alisonnicholslol's review against another edition

1.25

emotional sad 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

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Holden is a whiny bitch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, Classism

grace_cr1's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol

sarahaile's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’m not one for classics but I decided to read this anyways. Holden is a very complex character and I do enjoy seeing his journey and development on how he copes with loneliness and growing up. I did find it boring to read sometimes cause he was so whiny yet extremely privileged which was kind of the point. I started liking more towards the end but it wasn’t terrible. Like most classics there’s misogyny, homophobia and racism which is kind of expected given the time period. But other than that it was a good book but nothing particularly special.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts

jackiestbr's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia

Minor: Vomit