Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Peste by Albert Camus

41 reviews

risemini's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Medical content

mrpatperkins's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is certainly well-written, but it took longer to get into than I expected. I clearly saw the parallels to our recent experience with a pandemic, from the early denials and attempts to stem remediation, to the grief of loss and exhaustion of the sameness of living in a cut-off world. Camus at times gets too philosophical for my taste, but I must admit he isn’t wrong in his observations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

sebrahn's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death

sun_ie's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

agnesiana's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Police brutality

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

espbear's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

fairymaiden20's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I liked this book because it was very philosophically interesting and I like Camus' writing style, but I was just far too long and slow paced for me. You could cut about 100 pages and still be fine. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

saniya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A thought provoking and deeply melancholic book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt