Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Outsider by Albert Camus

192 reviews

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content and Racism

sbgage's review against another edition

dark funny sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

jennarebekah's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Grief

elvirareads's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

“And I felt something stirring up the whole room; for the first time I realized that I was guilty”
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“ But after all, is he being accused of burying his mother or of killing a man?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

magnusoloughlin's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

The dog

was the saddest moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

noooon555's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder and Rape

hopearianna's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

2.75

He got his point across well, but I didn’t like this book. I don’t like the idea that nothing matters in life, and many of the people the MC was friends with throughout the book and him himself did pretty terrible things without remorse, which honestly made me not care what they had to say or what happened to them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

mediocrityrulez's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

thyrine's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-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? Yes

4.5

Albert Camus tackles the idea of Nihilism, emphasising the absurdity of life within the pages, and give us a moral dilemma that will eat your brain in the end: "In front of the inevitable, does anything truly holds any meaning?". 

We watch the protagonist, Meursault, navigate this exact question through the book until the very end. I cannot explain more than this since it'll go on spoiler territory, but I 100% recommend you to give it a chance. 

And if you don't get the book the first time, take a break, and come back for a reread another time. You can read it in one sitting alone (I myself read it in three hours when I got it). This is one of those books people might not understand on a first sitting and that's totally fine! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism and Toxic relationship

alyc00per's review against another edition

dark reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Physical abuse