Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

41 reviews

savreads28's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Abortion, Sexual violence, Cancer, Cursing, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Fatphobia, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, War, Toxic friendship, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Violence, Racism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Dysphoria

stormeno's review against another edition

funny sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Police brutality, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Bullying, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

lexi_ag's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

The content of the book was not always my fave but I loved the style of writing and the blend of Spanish and English. I read this after hearing it acknowledged in the afterward of Nevada, and totally understand how this book would inspire authors to write their stories unapologetically without being afraid to alienate audiences that don’t share the same identity. 

Learned a lot about the DR and Dominican diaspora!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Drug abuse, and Racial slurs

standardgoose's review

challenging dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was an interestingly slow book that focuses a lot less on the main character than you'd expect. Still a good book, but you're looking at something more of like a family history than a kid's adventures as an author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Violence, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Cancer, Classism, Blood, Addiction, and Colonisation

icox's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

It was a good book—definitely a bit challenging because of the code switching/translanguaging/Spanglish but it’s my own fault I don’t know Spanish so I obviously didn’t mark the book down for that. I enjoyed learning about Trujillo and the history I didn’t learn in school. The characters are complex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Rape

anaxn_breads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Child abuse, and Abortion

jesthemess's review

fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Low-key a pretty good book. Yeah it's weird, but the ending actually brought up my ranking. I thought it was masterully written how Oscar's arc finished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, and Chronic illness

mexicanfood8's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Toxic relationship

machenn's review

dark reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Alcohol, Murder, Death, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Cursing

melitta's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Racism, Classism, Terminal illness, Stalking, Gun violence, Infidelity, Trafficking, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Torture, Confinement, Child abuse, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia