Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

5 reviews

cosmicruin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

2.75

Challenging to read at times because of the thick langauge

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Blood, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Bullying

shoshin's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Rape, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Although there are a lot of very graphic descriptions, they are mostly in the slang of the book.

emmaopaline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Body horror, Police brutality, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Blood and Antisemitism

cristinaherrera's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

fieryashes's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Body horror, and Addiction

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Police brutality, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Police brutality