bujo_bellel's review against another edition
- 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? No
2.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, and Sexism
ixchilly's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
However, it is important to be mindful that the work was originally published in 1897. That being said , this work does contain "weak" women, some misogynistic ideals, and ideas of the time. The characters are, for the most part, enjoyable, and there's a splash of romance that does, of course, read in the devotedly sexist fashion of the 1800s, but, hey, they do give a woman a gun, so that's nice. The book is long and can be wordy, as most older books can be, but overall, a wonderful, chilling, classic work.
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Animal death, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Racial slurs and Suicidal thoughts
thedandybrambler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Violence, Confinement, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Mental illness, Vomit, Animal death, and Medical content
nrogers_1030'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Animal death, Child death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
keen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, and Animal death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
triangular_pascal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
marigoldgem'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Medical content, and Mental illness
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, and Kidnapping
szel_zsofi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death and Animal death
Moderate: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Misogyny
fjordpingvin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Classism, Injury/injury detail, Sexism, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Xenophobia
Minor: Antisemitism, Gore, Suicide, Grief, Murder, and Terminal illness
lunam0uth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Mental illness, and Racial slurs
Minor: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Stalking, and Sexism