Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

187 reviews

miriamtxrres's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

bmessierlegendre's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Magnifique roman graphique, les illustrations sont à tomber par terre! L’histoire est d’ailleurs tout aussi prenante, malgré qu’elle a mal vieilli sous certains aspects (i.e. le seul personnage féminin et son rôle dans l’histoire). J’ai même versé une larme à la fin.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty

rybass08's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This is a good read but also a truly hard and painful experience. As you go through the book you have to ask yourself these deep grievances and what you think was right. Why did he stay with him. Was what George did at the end what needed to be done. Was it truly merciful to Lennie? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Cursing, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Animal death

booksandacuppa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I don't really know what to think about this story. You get why it happened the way it happened (trying not to say any spoilers here) but did it have to happen? It really makes you think. 
It's a tragic story about friendship. I think 'tragic' is really the word to decribe this story. The story made me feel sad and I, again, don't really know what to think about it. 
The writing style was good! I'd like to pick up another book of Steinbeck just because of his writing style. I got into the story from the very first page and it never bored me or anything like that. This is definitely a classic that you can read easily, and even in one day, if you're looking for that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

pony23's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Reading this in school was an awful experience which I can still remember. As a disabled student, watching your peers laugh at the death of a disabled person and have their idea of disabled people as dangerous and animalistic is disheartening to say the least. Of course, adult readers can have different takeaways of the book and come away it’s a more nuanced understanding; however, I found that the book doesn’t convey the injustices well enough to be required reading, and does more harm than good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Ableism, Gun violence, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

yzer2468's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, and Gun violence

Moderate: Deportation and Abandonment

blau_elmo's review

dark emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

A harrowing tale of ostracisation, one that is unforgiving and gut-wrenching. Feels a bit draggy at times, but it is a literary classic for its intricate detailing of racism in early America, as well as the fading American dream for those who are simply unable to achieve it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Murder

sareidle's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

camortiz26's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Ableism, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Violence

squirrel66's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Eine Novelle die sich gut lesen lässt. Der Großteil ist recht deskriptiv und dialogreich und hat mich vom Stil an "Gottes Werk und Teufels Beitrag" erinnert, nur ein sehr viel kürzerer Ausschnitt einer Lebensgeschichte. Beim Ende hat sich die Sprache m.M.n. etwas verändert, war ein wenig lyrischer statt sachlicher, was mir gut gefallen hat.
Das Ende hat mich echt etwas fertig gemacht, aber es hat sehr gut gepasst. Hat mir insgesamt gut gefallen und für die Kürze des Buches bleibt es trotzdem im Kopf.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death, and Animal death