Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

26 reviews

lunaliz's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Classism, Slavery, and Addiction

Moderate: Racism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, Racial slurs, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

cawaza's review against another edition

dark reflective tense

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

kirame's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

madmilliner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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

0.25

This book is gross. It is meant to be a warning against excess, and the pursuit of happiness above all else,  but, is so unnerving and bizarre that it just feels campy, and emotionally manipulative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

k_at1's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia and Child abuse

teddieplaysbass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

3.0

I didn’t like this for the same reasons I didn’t like Fahrenheit 451. The Mildred copy-paste (idk if bnw or 451 came first but the sexism is the same). A lot of the ideas are really cool, but the way they are executed in this book are kinda..... I’m listening to the overdue podcast episode abt this book and I think I’m enjoying hearing them talk abt it more than I did reading the book tbh lmaooo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion and Domestic abuse