Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

7 reviews

a_serpent_with_corners's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Liked how well this showed that strongly held principles/changes of heart can be simultanously 'real' and driven by self-interest. Thinking especially of

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Becky's conversion experience and Clem's decision to enlist

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The mixture of love, duty, and resentment that characterises the family relationships was also well-drawn.

The parts about Marion were the biggest mixed bag for me. She gets one of the most blistering exchanges of dialogue in the novel, but the parts dealing with her earlier life from her own perspective didn't quite ring true for me - they seemed a bit sensational. Not so much in the specifics of what happened but more in

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the way mental illness was expressed in the narration

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It goes very quickly - I finished it in four days, despite them being quite busy. Everything I read about this compared it to The Corrections and most agreed that that was even better, so I will need to seek it out sometime.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

lily_kruse's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Abortion, and Blood

lubepizza's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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

3.75

God I hate this family so much but boy howdy does this sucker know how to write.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Abortion, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Racism

Minor: War and Adult/minor relationship

popcornreading's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

How utterly exhausting!! It felt overwritten and 100 pages too long. PLEASE see the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Racism, Excrement, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, and Eating disorder

parablesarah's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

I don't like these people, but I'm interested in reading the rest of the trilogy. The central question--can people be good--is compelling. Clyde and Kitty are my favorite peripheral characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Racism

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

bsuarez's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

I an conflicted over this book. I think the characters were very real and relatable. However, I think the story went on for too long and that it ultimately ended on a frustrating and disappointing note. I think this is supposed to be a series but I will not be reading the others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content