Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

86 reviews

masihludmila's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mayareads4fun's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Don’t know how I’ve gone so long without reading thing despite watching the movie so many times. 
But loved it regardless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

crying_cryptid's review

5.0

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Classism

vadip's review

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

cloe52's review

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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To be honest I didn’t expect the sudden death of the characters, and  kids getting jumped. Although, since I have experience in being jumped in the past, It draws me in more and I could relate to the kids a little more than others would have. It was really sad that some of the main characters died, but I think because of those, I could be emotionally drawn into reading more. 

I also liked the foreshadowing that was written from time to time. It made me excited or scared to read the next parts but without them I would have been a little bored.

The characters are all very different, they each have unique parts in the gang and that makes the group even stronger. I really love how the characters grew over time and learned to think more maturely. (especially ponyboy)

There was a lot to put in the theme identity, I think most of the book is just part of it. The kids go through a terrible traumatic experience but still know what their identity is and their identity is the most important part of their lives and relationships.

I have also seen a lot of cycles of violence. It’s something people can’t really help, someone who had experienced child abuse, sadly usually does it to theirs, bully victoms become bullies. Although I liked that ponyboy didn’t continue that and stayed the pure boy he always was.

Other than that I liked the way the story went really fast, it was also very fun to annotate. The story was somewhat realistic and believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

kiwichill's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was made into an iconic movie when I was a teenager.   The themes of brotherhood, loyalty and social standing are still relevant today.  Life is precious and can be gone in the blink of an eye, something the characters are well aware of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Car accident, Toxic friendship

katreena's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

claire_leibovitz's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy

inirac's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Vomit