Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

9 reviews

feeling_myshelf's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, and Murder

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

Southern gothic with no Southern romanticism, which I mostly like. These stories are dark. Most the characters are detestable, but you can still feel sympathy for them. "The Displaced Person" was a particularly illuminating look into why people are afraid of people that are different from them.

idk, these were thought provoking stories, but they are not fun to read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism

avasadored's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Child death

changelingreader_adrian's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Misogyny, Car accident, and Abandonment

eve81's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Child death and War

minthethtar's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Child death and Xenophobia

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

ratvibes's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Racism

beaniebaby3000's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

 Each story contains racial slurs. When I started I thought it would not be so continuous throughout, but the fact is, Flannery was poisoned by the racism of her times. However, like so many before me, I was still completely captivated by her story-telling abilities, and imagery especially of her characters. Some of the stories in this collection completely shook me (namely The River, A Circle in the Fire, and Good Country People) and that's why it still gets a 2.5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child death and Religious bigotry