Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

4 reviews

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I went in blind, and I wasn't ready. 

If not for some unfortunate stereotypes and slurs used and the gratuitous sex, it would have been a slam dunk five stars- the audiobook specifically. I think I would have hated this book in print. 

Check TW's; I would not recommend this book if you use reading to escape. 

The last 40 minutes hit so hard, I had to take my headphones out because I was on the threshold of tears. 

I get why it's been adapted twice; I imagine you could do some pretty cool stuff via film with this premise. 

I'm not gonna get over this for a while. Sheesh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Confinement

emilyjulia's review against another edition

slow-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? No

1.75

good concept but very poor execution. boring, and could not bring myself to like any of the central characters. 

also some very questionable aspects -

Spoiler

why does a 41 yr old man want to get with his 13 yr old wife ???

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

daysanchez's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Suicide, Ableism, Drug use, and Death of parent

onion's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexism, and Violence