Reviews tagging 'Death'

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

23 reviews

anika_mae's review

emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

Great short story! Annie Proulx is an incredible writer.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Sexual content

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Cursing, Classism, Hate crime, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

akane_shio's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Cursing, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, and Sexism

chuckyinspace's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

malloyjordans's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Grief, Alcohol, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Excrement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, and Alcoholism

mirandyli's review

emotional sad fast-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

4.5

This is a beautifully written short story about two cowboys in Wyoming. If you watched the film, it stuck very closely to the original short story. Quotes from the film are taken directly from the book. Definitely a great quick read if you loved the film.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Hate crime, and Biphobia

bruisedtigers's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

If you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, and Infidelity

ymziegler's review

sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

If you can't fix it, you've got to stand it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Hate crime

shilohswift's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

i loved this book. i started writing gay romance novels with HEAs to deal with that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, and Hate crime