Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition by Upton Sinclair

20 reviews

monjure's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism and Xenophobia

clara_2021's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

roadki77's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The book that caused major legislation regarding the food industry's health standards. Also communist propaganda, but that only comes in at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jax00's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

3.75

It was wordy and hard to follow. However, it spoke about issues facing Americans during the 1900s. It highlighted unfair working conditions and living conditions. This is also the perfect example of Murphy's Law.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

grrr8_catsby's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Rape, Police brutality, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

randirush's review

dark informative sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Sexism, and Blood

kcbatts's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

bryonyporter's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Racism

grayscale08's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Grief

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

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

amanileb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent