Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

A Good Man is Hard to Find: Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor

17 reviews

fjordpingvin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Classism, Murder, Ableism, Death, and Pregnancy

cvanwerven's review against another edition

I know why her work has been historically praised, but I also think it’s okay to say “we’ve progressed past this as a society,” and in part that’s because I don’t think this collection offers anything necessary historically, academically, sociologically, etc. but the bigger part is that the language she uses, while maybe not as offensive at the time she wrote it, is terribly offensive now, and I don’t think these stories say anything so essential as to justify exposure to the language and continued praise of the stories. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

toffishay's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

These stories are about terrible people who think that they are better than they are. The introduction provides a great foundation of the themes and how these stories exemplify a certain mind-frame of poor white Americans in the mid 1900s. Class, ability and disability, history and identity, family and country versus city are a few of the ideas explored. Some of my favorite stories are the titular "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", "The Life You Save May Be Your Own", "A Stroke of Good Fortune", and "Good Country People". Some of the weaker stories or the ones that I didn't quite enjoy are "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" and "A Late Encounter with the Enemy"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Ableism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, War, and Grief

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, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Child death

allapaz's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

I can see the literary merit, but damn that was a slog to get through. Probs best to read a story here and there on its own than try and marathon through a whole collection

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

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

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

themagpiereads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Murder

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

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

restlessreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia