Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

5 reviews

k_shimer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sp00kyx's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book made me feel physically sick. Just writing this makes me feel anxious and makes me shake. When I finished it all I wanted to do was to cry, but I couldn’t I just sat there, shaking and feeling nauseous. If you compare the movie to the book, the movie was literally a children’s movie in comparison to the book. The book was so well written and was really immersive. I loved seeing Frank’s thoughts and emotions behind the scenes I had seen in the movie, though I would have loved to have seen April’s point of view as well. Frank was an even bigger asshole than he was in the movie and I felt for April even more. Watching their relationship fall apart with each page was so unnerving (the plan to move to Paris being way less prominent than it was in the movie) and the ending broke my heart into a million pieces. I knew what was coming, but I spent so much time with the characters, especially April and to read what happened to her honestly hurt so bad. It was also so much more descriptive and the aftermath was described so much more vividly, exasperating the pain I felt. By the end all I wanted to do was to scream and cry and punch a wall. I have so many emotions inside of me right now I can’t even put it into words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

garyosu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

louisehall's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.5

Singlehandedly the most boring book I have ever read, it could be half its size and still would be too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

jennalynn48's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy