Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

16 reviews

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

quixie's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

uhhjeepers's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This was incredibly mid for me. I truly believe if Atwood just wrote about the past in this novel, I would've liked it substantially better, even if I found essentially every character to be the most hatable person ever. The story itself had a lot of promise and, I will admit, was interesting once I completed the book. But I prefer a read that, even if it isn't perfect throughout, I can still care for it while I'm reading it. This was not that read for me. I think someone else could surely read this and feel everything I was missing. It's not that it was a bad novel, but I think some aspects were handled poorly and were rather gratuitous.

i.e. Oryx as an entire character that was sex trafficked but held absolutely no resentment whatsoever??? (I know there could be nuance there but if she was trying, Atwood missed the mark for me). Also, the blatant misogyny which I get was supposed to be unlikable in Crake but was perhaps supposed to be redeemable in Jimmy/Snowman??? Just really, really missed the mark. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Trafficking

vanamo's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Trafficking, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

keatynbergsten's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

biblioseph's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Police brutality

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Sexual content

This book's narrator is problematic in many ways, but does not engage in rape or abuse, rather

he tells us about what other people have done to children, and tells the story of someone who was trafficked and abused

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