Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Lady Chatterley's Lover (The Unexpurgated Edition): Loss and Hope by D.H. Lawrence

8 reviews

tessoliviaallen's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Ableism, and Antisemitism

meecespieces's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Ableism and Misogyny

zosiablue's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

Well. I had a lot of feelings reading this! First, it's the book every kid knows is filthy, but I didn't read it until age 42. It definitely would've felt VERY dirty if I read it as a kid. Second, it felt like the eroticism was clickbait to get to his real point: classism and socialism and feminism, and hating rich people, ambition, and status. Which, yeah man! Third, like main character Mellors switches between his Derbyshire and posh accents, it felt like the writing was sometimes very bad and then sometimes very brilliant. Maybe this was an editing thing! 

Regardless, it was a funny little book that affected me even though none of the characters were likable. And in fact, many of them felt unsettling. (Connie's dad??)

And I was expecting a different ending! But the ending we got is good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Classism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: War

meenakshisathish's review against another edition

Started getting slow. And the romance isn’t as convincing as I thought it would be . Will most likely revisit at another time

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Ableism

Minor: Emotional abuse

kat1105's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Mental illness, Classism, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Misogyny

clairew97's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Classism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Misogyny

leahfigiel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Antisemitism, Sexism, and Classism

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging slow-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

every time i had to read the phrase bitch-goddess i frowned a little more each time. the reviews that said if it weren’t for the fact that this book was banned, no one would’ve read it are completely right because that’s literally the reason why i read it. this book may have been ahead for its time, but it really doesn’t hold up today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Ableism and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment