Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Kristina Gehrmann

18 reviews

roadki77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The book that caused major legislation regarding the food industry's health standards. Also communist propaganda, but that only comes in at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder

jax00's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

It was wordy and hard to follow. However, it spoke about issues facing Americans during the 1900s. It highlighted unfair working conditions and living conditions. This is also the perfect example of Murphy's Law.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

grrr8_catsby's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Rape

randirush's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Racism, Death, and Sexism

kcbatts's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

bryonyporter's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Racism and Child death

grayscale08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

amanileb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Violence