Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

105 reviews

lynini's review against another edition

sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Racism, Cursing, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault and Violence

nagoatsis's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death, Racial slurs, and Violence

charlotte_aurora_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Racial slurs, Animal death, Murder, Violence, and Sexual assault

the_harlequin's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Death, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Bullying, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Stalking, Classism, and Confinement

esalan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Murder, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Animal death, and Racism

kirsten_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

So, I read this for class. I don't know if I would have read this book on my own, but I am glad I did read it and I will probably reread it sometime in the future. The writing is beautiful and this is a story I guess you never really forget reading. At least for me, the ending was very predictable, but you stick around because you don't want to believe it before the words slide in front of your eyes in black and white. Then you can't really believe it either, so you just have to carry on and stay pondering...

A very gruesome but beautiful regard to our understanding of what is innocent and what existential power over fellow creatures humans give ourselves the right to perform. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

eliis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

memento_vivere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Racism, Death, Racial slurs, Animal death, Violence, Sexism, and Mental illness

edengrace's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

1.0

genuinely disliked this book so much. read it for class and didn’t even finish it properly. idc if it’s historical and shit… let’s read something current where they don’t have the n word on every single page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual harassment, Ableism, and Toxic friendship

raccooonhands's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Murder, Violence, Animal death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Forced institutionalization