Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller

3 reviews

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense 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

I actually liked a book school made me read? Wild, I know. But despite the sexism and the raging historical inaccuracies, it was fun to read. Maybe it was made more enjoyable by the fact that I got to watch my classmates read it out loud in horror and shame. The best thing you can do is make a bunch of high schoolers read out the lines of a horned up 17th-century character lol.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Classism

cjfrank1's review against another edition

challenging medium-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? Yes

2.5

Miller's 'modern' analysis of the Salem witch trials is certainly outdated in the eyes of post-modern audiences, however, it is still a great allegory for McCarthyism and has a good emphasis on the importance of speaking out against an oppressive regime 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Sexism