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luschowski's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness
mary_juleyre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide attempt
annarodriguezmrz's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Suicide attempt
schwambibambi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Though I think this was the right time to read this book, you know since COVID is the a thing after 2 years. The growing apathy you developed over the months of lockdown and no social interaction was exactly how I felt these past years, so that was great. I hope our pandemic ends soon and we can have the kinds of reunion like the people of Oran had in the end. The fear that it'll come back stays though.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Blood
rld1727's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
margztgz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I thought that his writing was very beautiful in some parts of this, and the descriptions of emotional distancing, degeneration, and plague that the citizens experienced is eerily similar to very real experiences of the pandemic. In fact, many of his descriptions were frighteningly specific and made me tear up. Most of the characters I was not very connected to which turns me off. But alas, this is Albert Camus. It is not about connection, it's about philosophy, damn it!
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief
farbooksventure's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
“In the memories of those who lived through them, the grim days of plague do not stand out like vivid flames, ravenous and inextinguishable, beaconing a troubled sky, but rather like the slow, deliberate progress of some monstrous thing crushing out all upon its path."
All in all, The Plague is not the most ideal read when you go through one. Still, I'm curious about how my opinion would change in the following years or after I read other works by Camus. I also keep my rating in the range of three because I felt the absence of meaningful woman character(s) in the story quite acutely.
Graphic: Child death
Child Death:syphoche's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Death
zickzackzachi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death and Blood
thevampiremars's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Colonisation