Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

8 reviews

fakeppy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mott_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Blood, and Classism

rachbake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

jessthanthree's review

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement and Cannibalism

morgcxn's review against another edition

Too damaging to mental health

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alex2teeuw's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.75

A rather depressing read, it must be said. It's incredibly informative. You feel the despair whilst reading it. And it's strangely relatable to contemporary society; not because of destitution, starvation and consumption epidemics, not to mention the famous depiction of the slaughterhouses - in Europe and the USA these are (for most people) no longer pressing issues. Rather Sinclair draws attention towards the necessity for profit at all costs and the injustices of poverty in a world of plenty. Yet, for all that is rewarding about Sinclair's impressive and polemic descriptions, the novel felt at times a bit too slow. The arduous conditions of the working class in early 20th century Chicago were at times themselves labouring for the reader - maybe this is deliberate: after all, it is a realist novel. These experiences were lived.
The ending is abrupt. Hopeful though it may be, it does not relate the prospects of a brighter future to the tumultuous lives of the past documented throughout the novel. (who am I to criticise Upton Sinclair??). The Jungle is impactful and insightful, but it's not exciting, it's not gripping. And it feels like the story is unfinished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, and Abandonment

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

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