Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

31 reviews

artemisg's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Ursula keeps knocking it out of the park. This was so simple, yet so powerful. I love accessible and consumable philosophical writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse and Excrement

kedepokan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

sadiaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

4.5

Only 9 pages but it does so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

noxygens's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Torture

kendrakeuler's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

It was incredible such an interesting concept. When I started reading it I didn't know what I was getting into but this was truely gut wrench and I'm still unsure what I would do. You think it would be an easy decision but in reality we live in our own version Omelas our success always comes from comes down fall because at the end of the day if everyone is a winner no one can truely be a winner. I also think a lot of their joy sentence from the fact that they're grateful for what they do have because they see where they could be. Just like when we are able to recognize and get joy out of being grateful when realize what we have at others don't. To Some this up this is story poses an incredible philosophical question and makes you question whether at the end of the day group happiness out way one persons happiness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Abandonment

voilajean's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

americattt's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by oedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Excrement

annekay's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Excrement, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Classism

morganperks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

i'm sorry, what 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, and Abandonment