Reviews tagging 'Death'

American Pastoral by Philip Roth

4 reviews

letiross's review against another edition

challenging slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, and Terminal illness

remi_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Eating disorder and Excrement

analyticali's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An intricately woven story where a simple chronological overview of the events would take 2 pages but the complexity with which events unfold and characters are developed is indeed Pulitzer-worthy. 

For those struggling to get through the opening, the narrator is a “famous novelist” while the protagonist is a star athlete of a mostly Jewish Newark high school whose adult life will ultimately fill the subsequent pages. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Rape

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Antisemitism