Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

10 reviews

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I appreciate this book for the skill of the author, and the super original and genuinely well executed idea. HOWEVER, this book took me way too long to read like omfg it was a SLOG to get through, especially because the voice/style of the writing changes with every single part. Really smart, super cool, but maybe just not one that I would reread tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Rape

frogggirl2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This reads like a series of loosely connected short stories and, like any short story collection, some pieces are better than others.   It feels quite disjointed at first but as you go along the connections become more and more apparent.

The writing is great.  There's a lot of substance here, but, for me there's just too much content.  This point has been made more clearly in other works.  The waters here just get too muddied - there's just too many plots to effectively convey the thesis.

**Also, a lot of racism, indicative of the period and disavowed by the book, but unpleasant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Addiction, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

marro98's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Homophobia, Genocide, Child death, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, War, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

freedryk's review

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Racism

Moderate: Slavery, Genocide, Violence, Drug use, Suicide, Mental illness, Gun violence, Murder, and Misogyny

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Colonisation, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cannibalism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Car accident, Murder, and Racial slurs

voilajean's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Cannibalism

read_write_paint's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

0.5

Beautiful book. I also recommend this author's other works especially  "The Bone Clocks".

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia

thembojoebiden's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Suicide

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

jlalor92's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Forced institutionalization

kelseak96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• 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

Incredible. Mitchell manages to write six different stories that are all fully fleshed out and radically different from one another, but the books feels cohesive and challenges you to find the common threads between each. A beautiful, beautiful, tapestry of how humans are connected to one another across space and time, and how some souls are inextricably linked to your own. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization