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dazzling_cabbage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Racism and Death of parent
zoemaeboonz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Excerpt from
The Stranger
Albert Camus
Someone once said in reflection of this book that this is the type of guy you would avoid at a party and in my opinion Meursault is not too far off a guy I’ve dated.
How fun and not entirely insufferable to read.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
gvstyris's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn't dissatisfied with mine here at all.
Although the perspective Camus presents in The Stranger is painfully male, I definitely found some validation and self-awareness in its oppressive atmosphere and robotic prose. Not a particularly enjoyable read, honestly, but it's encouraged me to research absurdism if nothing else.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Death of parent
fjcrow's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
jacob_dion's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
tiaroseshang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
mary_catherine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
readingwithgoose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Death of parent and Murder
Minor: Sexual content
classical_learner's review against another edition
- 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
Good exploration of Nietzschean consequences for what it means to value. Interesting elements of Roman law, too (arguments from absence as well as philosophy external to the courtroom).
Minor: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
petty_anthropology's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Minor: Death and Death of parent