Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

32 reviews

kayjezza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

The story is sort of based around the concept of sort of mandatory sex with a random person assigned to you. And that person is treated like Harry Potter in his broom cupboard, except they go to school for child bearing not magic and aren’t allowed to have friends.

joensign's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, and Violence

madkatrob's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence

lexib13's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

wow. the parallels between Gilead and America in 2023 are insane. this book restored my faith in humanity while simultaneously crumbling it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Been getting more into classics recently and I thought this was great! The important part of this is to remember that these issues are still experienced today, and are not just made up problems for Offred to face. A book dealing heavily in women’s issues throughout time— loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Alcohol

emfass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

I have no idea why the heck I felt inspired to re-read The Handmaid's Tale at a time with lots of other hard things going on in my life, but there you go. 

Loved Claire Danes' narration, as well as the expanded materials at the end that Atwood wrote. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Deportation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Death of parent, and War

maisieflorence's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This was so incredibly powerful! I really liked it. Very reflective of your our society still to this day, unfortunately. I liked the ambiguous ending. The whole story was significantly different than I expected, primary because I’ve been a few episodes of the action packed show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Suicide, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

k_galloway's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and War