Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington

6 reviews

laurahopp's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Racial slurs, and Forced institutionalization

se_wigget's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

"People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats."

TW/CW: fatphobia, body-shaming, homophobia, dead-naming, a bit of racism

I hate the fatphobia--and love the Goddess Spirituality, eccentricies, and humor. This is not a conventional novel, and since the author, Leonora Carrington, was a Surrealist artist, I didn't expect it to be conventional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexism

kers_tin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Murder, and Emotional abuse

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

There’s a chunk of text in the middle which drags the plot to a crawl. Marian literally reads a text about a winking nun in a painting… it doesn’t add anything to the story, but everything else is kookie and charming! Loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs and Forced institutionalization

Ageism

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

I adored the first 40% which is quirky, absurd, funny. Then there's a massive detour that I just couldn't wrap my head around. Surreal and strange and completely off the rails. We get back on the rails at about the 65% mark and it's back to being entertaining and intriguing and I was hoping it would stay that way. It did until we derail again at 90% and the whole last section has me scratching my head. 
If you do like surrealist experimental stuff, you may love this! Heads up for some transphobic, racist, and fatphobic comments. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Racism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Racial slurs

literaryinfatuation's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Cannibalism