Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

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

130 reviews

renatalikes2read's review against another edition

5.0

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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Made me cry. Encompasses the frustrations faced in the transition from childhood to adulthood. It’s unlikable if you don’t focus on putting yourself in Holden’s shoes, because by looking at him from the outside, he is a pretty shitty person. That’s the beauty of the book; most teenagers are the exact same.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Grief, Alcohol

delunn's review against another edition

3.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault

awenaur's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide

gothicmoon's review against another edition

3.0

reflective slow-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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read for a class. regretted it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

aoifemarie's review against another edition

2.5

reflective slow-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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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Blood

miriampond's review against another edition

3.0

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: Complicated

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After about nine years of owning it, I finally read 'The Catcher in the rye' was it my favorite? no but i'm glad to cross it off my book bucket list; it had some nice observations and reminds me the feeling of being a teenager with so many conflicting emotions, but Holden is really whiny and unaware of his own privilege of being a white boy in the 1950's, you do feel his longing for belonging and thinking he has already grown up but he has a lot of growing up to do. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny

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

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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

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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

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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

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 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. 

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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

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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