Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Stranger by Albert Camus

26 reviews

shio's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Xenophobia

donnamira's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexism, and Physical abuse

miayukino's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

(lit pour français ap)

Certainly a reflective and grim story. My prof suggested that many have speculated Mersault to be autistic or have asberger's and as a neurodivergent human (allistic), I gotta say it's way more complex then that. Autism and neurodivergence are not code words for social dysfunction or cold personalities. Obviously, everyone's experience is completely different and without spoiling much, my take is that our protagonist is neurodivergent and feels an incredible amount (contrary to the words of my teacher). He has many recognizable compulsions and intrusive thoughts which remind me of my own OCD traits but his coldness to me is not a physiological characteristic but rather a philosophical one. Not all neurodivergent people inherently believe in nothing (I sure don't), that is Mersault's own distinct nihilism. 

Suffice to say, if you give this one a whirl, do think about the phychological aspects but check yourself when throwing around mental illness as synonyms for complete lack of social understanding and nihilism, because more often than not, it's a stereotype or a subjective experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Racism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Colonisation

everyotherpageorso's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

3.0

I still don’t know how I feel about this, but I don’t want to read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Animal cruelty

Minor: Xenophobia

terrormademecruel's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

I've always found the ideology of absurdism to be interesting, but I'm not sure i enjoyed the way it's executed in this book. Frankly, it was just not engaging at parts. Also reading this as an Arab (although not Algerian) was...strange.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Racism

jazsever's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

Me gustó pero voy a esperar al vivo de esta noche para terminar de formar mi opinión.
La primera mitad me enganchó y entretuvo más, la segunda me puso demasiado nerviosa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia