Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Outsider by Albert Camus

14 reviews

fizz619's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

cristine's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

I really hated everything about this book. If this is being considered existential then I have lost hope. This is just all around bad. The summary is this simple: a psychopath who has no ability to feel emotions of any kind including love or remorse kills someone. There is nothing existential about it. I’m really starting to hate “classics!”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

elys_exe's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-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

4.0

An interesting relation to philosophical absurdism, The Outsider dives into the ideas of existence and its lack of meaning, the freedom it therefore must provide.

The narrative explores grief and loss from a brutal perspective, not shying away from the main characters detached behaviour and the way he gets villainised, ostracised and misunderstood because of it. The character of Meursault is both simple, yet incredibly complex.

The writing itself is easily approachable, easy to read and flows nicely, but encourages the reader to explore deeper within the elements given, making up a story to not only read, but reread and digest anew with every line. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Murder

dazzling_cabbage's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

tofuelite's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Islamophobia

Minor: Misogyny

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

todrick_the_tree's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

mini_mo's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

eliever's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

the myth of sisyphus is better idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Alcohol