Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

37 reviews

ldpaige's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

i want to say that i just didn’t get it, but i really feel like this was just okay. i don’t see what’s so prolific about the lives of blanche, stella, and stanley ft. mitch. very tragic at some parts, but tragedy doesn;t pull on me like it used to in order to earn more than 2.75 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

imi222's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

janewa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism

nehanda's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

njohnson246's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

small_shrimp's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i cried reading this. considering the time it was written, it’s so rare to find a male writer center female characters, from their own POV, and treat them with so much love and sympathy. he doesn’t forgive or excuse any of his characters, but he really breathes life into them in a refreshing way

there are moments where Tennessee’s fruitiness show in his stage directions and that really adds to the experience!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

violetamity's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book will stay forever with me, will reread a lot of times
really does showcase “the destructive power of society on the sensitive non-comformist individual” 

please do analyze it in depth, you won’t regret it. and look at literary analysis because this play is full of symbolism that is so interesting to explore 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

kathryn_a_million's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

Sucks that it ended so violently I loved the beginning and Blanche is a star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

readingsponsoredbybts's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

5.0

the best book i had to study for english, everything went downhill after this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Slavery