Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

12 reviews

jaidenmarie11's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

1.0

Wanted to finish this fast, like Curley’s wife. Let’s go ahead and give Colleen Hoover a Nobel peace prize because wtf is this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

harpsbooks's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

2.0

Title was very misleading, no mice. Tbh was pretty boring. The entire book is just dialogue and nothing happens for the majority of the book. Was disappointed. The book felt pointless and stupid. Terrible classic. (forced to read for school)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

avshenoi's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I need to reread but it’s a good book. Loved chapter 4, I wrote a poem on the black guy’s incarceration (it’s been two years, I don’t remember names). Ending goes crazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

the_harlequin's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Stalking, and Classism

luvkillzall's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

this was a reread, i definitely understand and believe this is an important read for everyone; however i do think you really only need to read it once 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

edengrace's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

1.0

genuinely disliked this book so much. read it for class and didn’t even finish it properly. idc if it’s historical and shit… let’s read something current where they don’t have the n word on every single page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

raccooonhands's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

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

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

Minor: Rape and Religious bigotry

hilary_h's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Of mice and men is set on a farm in California. It definitely isn't my usual type of read but I found the morals of the story very interesting. One thing I noticed is that Steinbeck explores different types of prejudice and discrimination in this book and there is a character for each type. Curley's wife represents sexism, Crooks represents racism, Candy represents ageism and Lennie represents discrimination towards people with mental disablilities. Just to note, there's some vulgar language the other characters say towards these people but I don't think that Steinbeck meant it personally; he just wanted to show the reality of the 1930s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

iuvmoonie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Murder, and Sexual harassment