Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

12 reviews

mblanke's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content

discodetective's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I might have to read this again when I have more time to sit with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexism, and Police brutality

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

vickymcckey's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

5.0

This is the kind of book that needs a separate book to explain all the references you missed the first time. My advice to anyone reading it who wants to derive as much meaning as possible is to annotate like a nerdy high schooler. Color code references and keep wikipedia by your side to look up any word that seems even a little bit intentional. Because I promise you, it’s all intentional. Parts of this book are disturbing, parts dryly humorous, parts hopeful or sad, but every word has thought behind it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

needlebrook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

Dense- so very dense. it'll be helpful to pull up the litcharts summary webpage for some of the chapters. It can get real confusing at times. 

The beginning of the book is intriguing but can get to be a bit of a slog after the first handful of chapters(was considering abandoning this book during the dreamlike narration from Trueblood. Very glad I decided against it.)
But, after the narrator arrives in Harlem and starts to adapt to his surroundings, the book quickly picks up the pace and seemingly goes at break-neck pace for the rest of it.

All in all, I won't be forgetting this book very easily. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime and Slavery

Minor: Racial slurs and Classism

haileyeh's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Incest, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

ha1yan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ashley_1206's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5⭐️

guys i actually liked this book but it was so damn long. but the symbolism, message, and everything from a literary standpoint was good. it’s definitely my favorite summer reading book for ap lit! but please classics STOP HAVING LONG CHAPTERS.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

ratthew86's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol