Reviews tagging 'Classism'

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

9 reviews

barefootbeauty99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Death, War, and Violence

jobaji's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

I never that I would cry at the end of a book I had to read for English class, but here we are! This book has firmly cemented itself as my favorite book by Dickens. Such an interesting story, with a beautiful group of people who love each other so dearly at the center of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Classism, Death, and Mental illness

hanna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Classics get way too much leeway for their length because their classics. Dickens shut up challenge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: War, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Mental illness

rossiell's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Slavery, Violence, Mental illness, and Child death

Minor: Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, and Dementia

serena_hien's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Murder, Classism, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

grantsharpies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, and Classism

sxrxh_lenx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

quills4days's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Torture, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

annapox's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

2.75

2 stars for the first half; 3.5 stars for the second half.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Mental illness, Death, Medical content, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, and Death of parent