Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Stranger by Albert Camus

183 reviews

ryuutsu's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I honestly don't know what to make of this book. As a big fan of Camus' absurdism philosophy, I was really interested in what this book might be like. My conclusion is that this might be one of the strangest things I've read, but in a way oddly human because of it. I can't decide if I loved it or hated it, therefore leaving it at 3 stars. One thing is for sure though, it stuck in my mind and made me contemplate its implications and, especially, the lack thereof. Which might be exactly the point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, and Grief

tweedlesmart's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse

cookie_khumalo's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia

venusynth's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

This man is so ordinary and unique all at the same time. He lived a mundane life, made some interesting friends, had a lovely girlfriend, and still ended up that way. Like the narrator, I have nothing much to say about his story other than I enjoyed the pacing, the choices he made, and his day-to-day lifestyle right before the change in events. LOL’ed when he mentioned how much he wanted Marie. He won’t her so badly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

rosamaria's review against another edition

All the academic boys can come for me all they want, this book is so boring. I do understand that the whole premise of this novel is a man who simply does not care about his actions or the repercussions for them, that does not excuse how bored I was reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Animal cruelty

aframe's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

booitsnathalie's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

Read this while trying to work through my thoughts on Arrest of a Stone Buddha (a game that blends French nihilism with Hong Kong action... definitely an interesting combination). It's a very compelling and enraging book, I think if I'd read this as a depressed teen alongside Myth of Sisyphus it would have been an instant favorite.

A decade later I don't have much use for nihilism and find the exercise here cloying and unmoving. I will give it props for being the type of philosophy I so strongly disagree with that reading it does prompt me to think a hell of a lot about why I am so put off, which I suppose is the purpose of philosophy in a way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence and Stalking

hausofrhetorika's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

Que a la mayoría de la gente le pase de noche el crimen de odio y la misoginia para admirarle la escritura a este vato... la verdad es que no me sorprende.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Hate crime, Racism, and Violence

andreamichelle's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Xenophobia, and Death of parent