Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Plague by Albert Camus

39 reviews

clstrifes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Mass/school shootings

woundedhouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

karin_goodreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense

4.0

Read it for school. I loved doctor Rieux and Tarrou the most. Their dynamic was already good, but it could've been something amazing, if explored more!! (I was kind of shipping them, but a bromance will do.) For some reason they reminded me of Hamlet and Horatio, I can't pinpoint the reason, but the thought was pretty consistent in my mind after finishing the book. I liked the other characters too, but I just loved those two. I feel like they had a connection. ☹️

Spoiler

It was heartbreaking to see Tarrou die 💔 Rieux basically witnessed everyone dying around him - it made me cry in the end.

I feel like I haven't read something like this in a long while, so I'm thankful to our literature teacher for having us read it. I was a bit skeptical of the story at first, but soon I was into it and ready for more :D

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Child death

risemini's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Violence, and Confinement

maddalenacesco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

French town enters its epidemic era. relatable, in a tiktokless way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, and Medical content

gregorvermin's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Death and Body horror

Minor: Blood and Suicide attempt

1ncubus's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

4.25

Eine Chronik. Nüchterne Beschreibung von Empfindungen während eines Pestausbruchs, lässt Raum für philosophische Fragen nach dem "Sinn des Lebens", die aber kaum ausgeführt werden und eher eine interessante Unterfütterung durchaus nüchterner Schilderungen bilden. Die Charaktere besitzen keine genialen Persönlichkeiten, es wird nicht auf ihre Vergangenheiten eingegangen (bis auf Tarrou, vielleicht), sie sind einfach normale Bürger einer Stadt, die nun, von der restlichen Welt abgesondert, versuchen zu leben.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Blood

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, Animal death, Terminal illness, Death, Child death, and Blood

matthewosborne's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

I enjoyed this book. It was somewhat scary to see how this fictional pandemic echoed with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

changbineyeskz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Mental illness, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty