Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

31 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense slow-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

3.75

Normally I don't like when stories turn randomly anti communist but I like it here because I get it. White people have always been like that, white commies are still like that!

Loved the whole thought process. It made me think about people who are crazy or who are considered crazy and their perception of reality. Like you see everything that happens to him, his reality doesn't care about him so surely he must be invisible and you really get it. I love the raw untamed thought process. Very real.

I heard the voice actor for the audiobook version I was listening to flip the page at least three times which is kinda funny but unrelated to the book. He was really good. 5 stars for Joe Morton.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Stalking

derikabailey's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

1.0

Read for Classics Book Club, all I can say is it was just too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Police brutality

cwolf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

keen's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Medical content

ailiaris25's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

vickymcckey's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

5.0

This is the kind of book that needs a separate book to explain all the references you missed the first time. My advice to anyone reading it who wants to derive as much meaning as possible is to annotate like a nerdy high schooler. Color code references and keep wikipedia by your side to look up any word that seems even a little bit intentional. Because I promise you, it’s all intentional. Parts of this book are disturbing, parts dryly humorous, parts hopeful or sad, but every word has thought behind it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

littleclerk's review against another edition

Man describing how impregnates his daughter with his wife in the  same bed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

gogglor's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

I know the content warnings are long but you have to read this book. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read, and it’ a deeply moving, infuriating, enlightening narrative. The only reason it’s not 5 stars is that the thread of misogyny that runs through it runs deep and it’s so deeply frustrating that such an insightful book totally lacks any of that insight when turned on it’s own sexism. But honestly, read it anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

haileyeh's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Incest, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

eyesofcrows's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

The journey and realizations was certainly a ride. I loved the slow progression of the protagonist’s thoughts and opinions as he’s pushed into the wringer on several occasions. It’s certainly a drag sometimes, it’s a long a book, but gosh darn is it something to witness. It’s explicit in its message, the struggles and all. There’s something so exposing with everything they do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Racism

Moderate: Incest and Infidelity