Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

112 reviews

raccooonhands's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Ableism, Transphobia, Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Child death, and Bullying

Minor: War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Forced institutionalization

morimyths's review against another edition

reflective relaxing slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Violence, Cursing, and Homophobia

melancholymegs's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Cancer, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Minor: Classism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

carrotsxcks's review against another edition

challenging 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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death

katharina_s's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Transphobia, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

caitlink's review against another edition

3.0

-loses points for the homophobia, sexism, and racism
-Holden seems to be asexual coded

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Sexism, and Sexual content

letiross's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

Moderate: Homophobia, Child death, and Suicide

mikala's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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 liked that this book was easy to follow as it just focuses on holdens thoughts and opinions. that being said, nothing really happens in this book. the parts of holdens life that slowly unravel and give you an idea of why he’s so depressed are interesting, but you can only listen to a privileged white man whine so much to be honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual harassment

partinel's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

This is one of those books people either absolutely love or positively hate, and I can really see why now that I've read it. Holden Caulfield is quite the asshole, and honestly if I met this guy in real life I would positively despite him. But, there are so many layers to his personality, and he is a great character to pick apart and analyze because he has so much depth. Great food for thought. 

Here's my favorite part of this book, this quote is just everything:
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death