Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Candide by Voltaire

17 reviews

katariinatoivanen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Antisemitism, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Medical content

buildingtaste's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.5

Amazing how I get so fed up with modern authors for going too fast through plot developments or not reasonably establishing the world, meanwhile Voltaire can be like "and then they went to South America for a bit" and I'll say "wow ok Francois where are you going with this one?" and the answer is "never mind that; we need to tend our garden."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Not sure I covered all the things that go down in this book, pretty much every chapter has some absolutely abysmal content.

hindyjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

it was my first philosophical book…

 i took away a lot and it was a great and entertaining starting point. 

though some chapters really dragged and messed with the pacing of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, and War

kafe_kona's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective 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? Yes

3.75

Had to read this for a course and it wasn't my favorite, but I do understand why it was written.

As for the story itself, the characters were all kinda annoying, especially Pangloss. How these characters barely escape death is beyond me.

The journey Candide went through was interesting in itself, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cannibalism

jana16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

purple_adora's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Islamophobia

kathigusi's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and War