Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

12 reviews

cursed10fold's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Murder, and Pregnancy

te_ss_i's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Grief

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

pumpkinsoup's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide, and War

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Child death

Moderate: Death

ruthmoog's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

I quite enjoyed this, but I don't really like the unsettling feeling of distopian stories, and it was plenty disquieting.

I read this having been told it's a Christmas story, it's barely a Christmas story, so it was rather a disappointment in that way!

The concept of how the society has developed it's perception of things was cool I thought.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Gaslighting

Minor: War

Starvation/hunger

theliteratewalrus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was great. I recommend it to everyone who likes dystopian books or wants to get into dystopian books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Child death ->

There is a not very graphic scene were a baby is killed using a syringe of poison

Animal death ->

There is a not very graphic scene that takes place before the book itself in which an elephant is killed by poachers

Suicide ->

There is a story told by one of the main characters about another character intentionally applying for release (in this book "release" basically means putting someone down in a hospital. Kinda like putting down a dog, except with humans

marinapaso11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

jselliot's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Probably my first introduction to the dystopian genre, and an enduring favorite. The entire quartet is great, but the first book is arguably the best. It certainly made little-me think, and I've come back to it a few times since I first read it.

I see the movie as an alternate universe, and while it's not book-accurate, it's still entertaining for its own reasons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

abrose2001's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

 The absolute classic everyone has to read once. A good introduction to dystopia, without too heavy of themes or distraction from the fact that this is a utopia that can't work out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Ableism