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lidia7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Dementia, and Alcohol
nooni56's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, and Suicide
audreylee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Racism
lizkocher's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Dementia, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual harassment, and War
goldenslug's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Medical trauma
Minor: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
asmodeous's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Gaslighting
Minor: Misogyny, Self harm, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
ricardo_sb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing and Racial slurs
kcheyne'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? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
shoshin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide
msorce's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The theme of emasculation is, frankly too much of a major theme to allow me to say I completely liked the book. I can give some things a pass because of the year the book was written, but it was just too much of a main theme to overlook. It is horribly sexist and constantly eludes to society being harmed by women demasculating men and not allowing them to be the true manly men they should be allowed to be. Terrible even for the time it was written.
The other major theme is about society forcing you to be what they want you to be and eliminating all that makes someone unique and different. That theme is something I enjoy.
It is also very humorous, something I think the movie missed the mark on.
Overall it's so-so. It was funny and had good symbolism of society destroying individualism, but the major sexist theme running through the book made it extremely unenjoyable as well. I would recommend reading it to form your own opinion even if I can't say it was a good book.
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization