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moonpeach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy
opure's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Abandonment
crustywhitedog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Ableism and Suicide
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence
kaznar342's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent
micaelacccc's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide
Minor: Death and Death of parent
anomandrewrake'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I had no idea what I was in for when I picked this up. I've never read Faulkner before. I've not really read anything stream-of-consciousness before either. This was a wholly new experience for me. I loved the gradual progression from incomprehensible to lucid as the narrator changes over the course of the novel. Benjy's P.O.V., which takes up the first seventy-five pages of the novel, is an impressive artistic achievement. We are trapped inside the head of a person who has little sense of self and no cohesive concept of time.
Speaking of Benjy's section, this book is difficult to read at times. Cruelty, depression, and casual bigotry are centerpieces of this story. Faulkner does a wonderful job of injecting the reader into another person's mind, and the minds he wants to trap us in for The Sound and the Fury are by design some of the most difficult to live in. Maybe that's the key to this whole thing: to take characters that should be entirely Other and force you to understand that you can understand them, you can be them.
I'll likely try more Faulkner later on, and I'll probably reread this one eventually. I hope on reread I can feel more confident in my interpretation.
Graphic: Ableism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Racism
Minor: Bullying, Death, and Incest
gamer_phil_elverum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Ableism and Incest
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
theoriginalallison's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
wisteriaearl'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Quentin's chapter is my personal favourite and if the rest of the book was about his POV i would give it 5/5. I'm on the cusp because the last chapter felt a little unfulfilling in my taste. It didn't quite thematically come around as I hoped, especially considering the extra info Faulkner gave about the book post-ending.
But this book is very memorable and I can see why it's considered a classic.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
sixtimes's review against another edition
Moderate: Racism