Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

64 reviews

toksoplazmozy's review against another edition

2.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Może taki był zamiar ale główny bohater był absolutnie okropny. Główną treść jego monologu stanowiło to jak bardzo wszyscy ludzie są okropni, nudni, nadęci, dziwni i zboczeni (w przeciwieństwie do niego oczywiście). Zakończenie było bardzo niemrawe i nie rozumiem właściwie, co autor chciał przekazać. Bunt głównego bohatera był bardzo płytki, a tekst nie zdawał się tego zauważać. Plusem jest to, że bardzo szybko się to czyta.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

mahsaudade's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault

wretched_divine's review against another edition

3.0

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People are so dramatic about hating this book because Holden is whiny or pretentious or whatever so I am surprised that I actually like him. He’s just a sad, existential, traumatised kid, he’s a little annoying sometimes sure but also he’s 16 and overall he’s a sweetheart. I wasn’t super interested in the general goings on but I think Salinger did very well writing a sad, aimless teen wandering around doing sad, aimless things. If I’d read this when I was 12-14 I’d probably have really connected with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

jo_lzr's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is a character study. It focuses on being young and feeling the weight of people expecting you to have everything decided for the future, to know what career path you want to follow, when you might feel as if you know nothing. 

I have seen that many people dislike Holden. I agree that he is not someone that I'd like to hang out with but I don't hate him. I don't think I can, since his thoughts and behavior are affected by things he can't control. Firstly, I think he is autistic. Secondly, he found his dead brother's body when he was a kid and has been sexually harassed many times since a very young age. These are very traumatizing experiences for anyone, let alone a child. So that, combined with his autism, I believe explain why he thinks the way he does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

youraveragewarlock's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective 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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This book was real crazy. It really was.
No but seriously, this book was enjoyable and I think really relatable for people in high school going through mental health issues. The ending was okay. I both liked how open it was and hated how much it left out. I enjoyed the writing style, it was different from what I'm used to and honestly, it was a nice break, especially because I'm just getting out of a reading block, so it was nice to change things up.
3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Blood

Minor: War

berratrixie's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-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

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the extremely slow pacing of some parts in the book make it a slog to get through, but the catcher in the rye is overall still an intriguing story with lots of memorable and emotionally impactful highlights.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Vomit, Religious bigotry

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

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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

literaryboysmelancholy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Vomit

hannah_cogo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

atlasobi's review against another edition

3.5

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

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"Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know that's impossible, but it's too bad anyway."

i can see why some people wouldn't like this book, but honestly i think i love it for those same reasons. the catcher in the rye is an angsty coming of age novel about holden caulfield, a teenager struggling with depression & growing up in the 1950s. holden's smart but unable to apply himself, he feels alone and struggles connecting with other people, and he's desperately clinging to his childhood as everything, even he himself, is changing. yeah he's whiny and depressed and lonesome (rip bozo), but who wasn't at 16 lmao

so glad at the reveal that he gets admitted to a mental hospital for a while tho like... you need help kid!

couldn't in good conscience recommend this to just anyone bc i know how much some people hate it lol but it's definitely worth a try imo !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Child death