Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

91 reviews

rxwyn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

eddieboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Shockingly good and not what I expected when I picked up this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny and Racism

lenorayoder's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

A classic for a reason! It’s a little juvenile but it’s supposed to be. Lots of heart. I’m gonna go read fan fiction about Dally and Johnny and wonder if the icon herself wrote it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

It's a do the play in middle school and see the musical version over the summer to finally read the book pipeline. I want more stories that recognise teenage boys' vulnerability.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse and Abandonment

virilight's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

entrancedbywords's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.5

10th October 2024

Oh God! The outsiders. Back in 2007/2008, I had to read this as part of my highschool English class. I HATED the book. Not cause it was bad but because it felt so violent that it gave me nightmares, than I watched the movie and it felt so different to the book; oddly enough sitting comfortably throughout.

Recently I rewatched the movie and wasn't a fan of it. I thought it felt like it was missing a thing or two. 

I'm pretty sure I've owned this copy for 17 years, it even has my hand written name written into it. So most likely a book copy that the teacher told us to keep. 🤷‍♀️

Either way..it's been a decade or so...so let's see if I struggle with the outsiders again. 

Hmm..this book didn't freak me out like it did when I first read. Honestly, I think i felt underwhelmed.

You can easily tell its someone's first book, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. We all start somewhere. 

But reading this it felt like chunks were missing..maybe it cause S.E Hinton is an outsider looking in rather than someone who was in on the action. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aus10england's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.25

Leaving this reread with so many queer headcannons

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

isabelle_mary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I knew that when I reread this book I was going to be once again blown away at how a simple story can have such an impact on the reader. I remember reading this in middle school and being so invested in the world of greasers and socses and that happened to be the case again. Show casing that just because you come from the wrong side of the tracks in no way means that you are a bad person. I will forever love this book and hope it continues to be read in schools. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

cats33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

aiexa's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of only two assigned reading books that I could not get enough of in school. I read through the entire story long before it was due. Stay golden <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury