Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

El Padrino by Mario Puzo

49 reviews

jpolito's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

greenan26's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Abortion

shadannn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

zacharius's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

great additional detail/back story of characters the movies didnt go into (i now understand why Luca Brasi was seen in the light he was), along with other characters like johnny fontaine. 

it sometimes felt mario got a little too into describing the bad behaviors that were considered the norm (i lost track of the amount of times a partner was smacked around among other things), but it definitely makes it feel on the nose for what most americans envision the mob to be like thanks to this book and its movie adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Racism

somebodys_fool's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kellygeiger's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

jennaweston's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I have never seen The Godfather, so when I found out it was book, I was intrigued. I had no idea what to expect, but I ended up liking this book way more than I thought. 

What I Liked 

• Loved the pace of this book. Right as you think we’re getting too comfortable, something crazy happens.
• the characters were all really interesting and had faults of their own. Right as you thought someone was good, they turned and did something awful. 
  • you wanted to root for them but also were disappointed in them
• Each character got their moment, their backstory, which made the story much more in-depth and interesting.

What I didn’t like

• the women in this book are very sexualized and everything is tied around how the men in the family can satisfy them sexually. 
  • Johnny was a real piece of shit — getting mad at his wife for the divorce
  • Kay is an interesting character
• It was an older book, but the racist outlook on people of color isn’t great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

samitdhull's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, and Death of parent

soliasz's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Strangely, I found this book slightly dissapointing. While I enjoyed the main plot, I found myself confused at the uneeded sideplots and  details. Why include a side-plot  centering around the size of a characters genitals? Why detail a surgery about it? Why emphasize it so much? 

Sometimes I feel that the author did not bother with the idea of killing your darlings, and chose to include so much unnecessary content that muddied the story. 

But, I do admire Puzo's prose, simple, yet descriptive and captivating. I also have to give it another inch because of the fantastic and revered movie that sprang from it. The movie is great, but the book? Slightly underwhelming and dissapointing. I believe this is one of the very few cases that the movie is better then the book. If you're a fan of the series, perhaps you would get something out of it, but otherwise, you'd be better off watching, or rewatching the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Sexism, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping

armchair_vibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Racial slurs