Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

18 reviews

kearneth's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.5

I do understand why some people would love this (I guess), I truly hated the experience of reading this novel. I found the characters to feel performative and hollow, and I truly was not able to get anything beneficial out of reading this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Animal death, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, and Mental illness

genz_reads_classics'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? Yes

4.0

Love the books school chose for my reading so far: Death by cancer, death by war and shot by close friend

:D

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Racism, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

eliya'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i was really hoping that this was gonna end with the five of em living their best lives. this is hopelessly devastating.

the scene that steinbeck paints is very well done. heavily descriptive just up to the point where it sets the scene, no further, which i appreciated bc i get dizzy with too much detail.

quick read, horribly packed with internal conflict. poor george. poor lennie. poor mae. i strongly believe that steinbeck was not “demonstrating bias of the period” so much as participating in it heavily.

i’ll think about this book for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape

interaction where lenny grabs hold of a woman’s dress and won’t let go, she is terrified and says he tried to rape her

heavy use of the n word

meggg508's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this book made me feel so angry and conflicted and now i’m like AHH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Rape

marenm's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Sexism, Ableism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kou_'s review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Rape

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Read it for school as I'm sure most people did. It's alright; way shorter than I thought it would be. The writing is good, but it also comes across as a little bit whiney and pessimistic, and it ends up sounding like every other book written and set in that era of time. It's extremely hard to like any of the characters, which might be the point but it made it kind of a slog to read even though it's so short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Classism, Infidelity, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Religious bigotry

_gabi_'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Racism, Abandonment, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, and Gun violence

amiyaabrown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Animal death

Minor: Rape

bella_mckinnon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was pretty underwhelming I thought. The style of writing and dialogue didn't do it for me, save for Steinbeck's visual imagery of the environment. I could clearly picture the an arid, Western landscape of Depression-era California which I enjoyed. I understand why it's a popular read and a modern classic, but the overall style, themes, characters and plot did not interest me. The simple-mindedness of some characters led to pretty superficial and understandably primitive views of other characters, particularly women like Curly's wife, who isn't even given a name and is always referred to as Curly's wife, as well as black people as seen in Crooks. The constant and flippant use of the n-word in reference to Crooks was also a turn-off, but again, I understand why it was used; it reflected white American views of black people at the time. So, I can see how it resonated with Americans in the 1930s, but it wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Sexism