Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

129 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

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

theatrenerd_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

Uniquely and insightfully written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

quorrazluv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.75

oh my gosh. I can't even begin to explain how good of a book this is. Generally, this isn't really a book I would pick up on my own behalf, but I have just read it for school, and oooOOOHh it was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, 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

cscharfway's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

3.0

I remember my teacher reading this book out loud to the class in Grade 7 so thought I would read it again for nostalgia. Still a pretty great read for a book from the 1960s, though I can see how other books might be more relevant for young people today. It’s a very tragic read but really interesting look at poverty and classes, and how that impacts teenagers within a small town. There are a couple icky sections when it comes to how men treat women and very cringy discussions of child abuse that is quite hard to read. There’s also no racial diversity. I think other more contemporary books do a better job introducing these important topics to young people than this one- it had its time in the sun, it’s time to introduce some new material into the curriculum. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment

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

karsynisawesome's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

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

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent