Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

21 reviews

shoshin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Enjoyable, but loses points for racism, ableism, and misogyny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Ableism, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, and Sexual violence

reads_with_lauren's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was good I guess, good writing and a good plot, but I just didn’t really enjoy it. I think because it had such intense subjects all at the same time, and honestly didn’t handle them with any sort of delicacy. I compare it to other books I’ve read on mental health, and I think those had a stronger impact on me. This one did get across the point the author wanted: mental hospitals are messed up, but did it do so respectfully, intelectually and with clever ideas? I don’t really know. I can say I appreciated it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

mariaviola's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, and Homophobia

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs and Adult/minor relationship

edensbookshelf's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Sexism

aguattery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

One of my favorite books of all time. It can be a little bit difficult to follow as it's written as if you're in the mind of a patient in the mental institution (we love a good unreliable narrator). The story is so beautiful and absolutely heart wrenching and the characters are a great cast, each being a well fleshed out individual. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

grizzlysnack's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest, Rape, and Sexual content

mwreadings's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.75

I study this for A-Level so I had to read it. I hate it with a passion. The racism, ableism, homophobia and the misogyny are so deeply ingrained in the characters and the plot. Ken Kesey's descriptions often reveal these prejudices and make him such an unlikeable author. I think the premise of society being a Combine that creates identical people is such a good concept and he is a decent writer but his political opinions are not aligned to mine. I dislike the message of the book and the depictions of women and African Americans in particular.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Homophobia

squelchyworm's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

i hate this book and they should stop teaching it in schools

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Body shaming, Blood, and Alcohol

juliannaaguja's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence