Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

28 reviews

nincoompoop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, and Suicide

b4db1tch's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

FAV BOOK EVER!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, War, Torture, Rape, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Drug use, Blood, Murder, and Gore

pepperpagan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, War, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

lauraajoanne's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Police brutality, Child abuse, Rape, and Violence

makabra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Police brutality, and Sexism

valentinaambrosius's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

danielvanbeethoven's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, Torture, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

valencethehuman's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, Child abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

average's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

3.5

Teens bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, and Drug use

dizzymissliz's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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? Yes

3.75

is goodness in choice or in conditioning?
i thought this book was very thought provoking and interesting. we have alex, an antihero who loves to rape, murder and pillage. but you feel like you have to listen to him because of his smooth, drawn out syntax and charming language. you don't like him, but you want to hear his story. i think it's hard to write a character like that. also, the nadsat slang was difficult but i think it provided a very unique kind of worlbuilding- the story is based around how isolated and shunned the youth are from this future society (which is obviously in our universe because of mentions of WW2 and the Communists) so of course they're going to have their own, barely comprehensible language. overall, i think it was a peetty good book with some shocking r*pe scenes that make me lower my rating. ill make sure to add trigger tags. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship