Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

72 reviews

shannay_05's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Homophobia, Bullying, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Toxic friendship

iris14's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

bookedfortheweekend25's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I absolutely love the movie that this book is based on, but I didn’t feel as if the book got the message across the same way the movie did. It felt like a retelling of the movie with a few minor changes and additions that didn’t always seem to make sense or add anything. I do really love the story in general, and like I said, the movie is amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

itszosia's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

romanebzt's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

juliaisnotalright's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Dead poets

Yeah because Neil Perry is dead lol

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Tragic story about some boys from a elite boarding school and their English teacher Mr.Keating.
He encourages them to live their life and do what they’re passionate for.
Lots of great poetry and great life lessons, but the Chris and Knox love story was soo annoying.
The rest was really great.
But definitely watch the movie first, because the book is based on it.
It was an quite emotional, inspiring and also very quick read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

chloegschmid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Would’ve preferred a little less focus on hormonal teenage boys and a lot more focus on the Dead Poets Society. 

Definitely think the movie is much better than the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Death, and Emotional abuse

golden_like_dior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, and Death

hannahlouise_'s review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

the film dead poet's society is one of my all time favourites, and i'd wanted to read the book for a while - it reads almost the exact same as the film (almost too much in places and isn't particularly novelistic) but i still loved it & it made me love the characters even more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Death

beca_reads's review against another edition

emotional 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

2.0

this was bland 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, and Death