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aduda06's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Death, Sexism, and Sexual content
impla77's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Sexism and Vomit
kimschouwenaar's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, Pregnancy, Racism, Child abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Hate crime
steveatwaywords's review
- 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? Yes
4.25
Like so much of Rushdie's writing, Satanic Verses moves so quickly and ambiguously between its symbols, motifs, and semi-dream states of magical realism, that one has barely an opportunity to take a breath, let alone pause to reflect upon all the connections made.
Most of these connections are themselves left as more complex questions, of course. Anyone hoping to have a neat and tidy closure to any of the multiple storylines will be disappointed. Instead, we are left with questions of faith and believability, of immigrant identity, of the supernatural, of madness both personal and societal. We are not a clean or easy-to-solve people; our histories and complexes of meaning-making crowd together into mashes of chaos and regret. We are not angels or devils, entirely, but people making our choices and haphazardly meeting our consequences.
The controversy roused by this book is obvious enough from its content: it is something the book itself addresses and anticipates. But at the same time, those who might condemn the work wholly or simply likely fail to see the larger mash-ups of human experience I just mentioned.
Enter the water as so many for centuries have before you and will afterwards; how we emerge on the other side is entirely out choice.
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexism, Mental illness, Islamophobia, Grief, Death, Cursing, Colonisation, Infidelity, Violence, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Dysphoria, and Death of parent
lanid's review
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Excrement, Suicide, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
Minor: Suicide
megan_burgess's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Misogyny