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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Classism
Moderate: Child death and Grief
4.0
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
A very difficult read for me, unbearably graphic and exceptionally dark. I'll probably find myself thinking about the contents of this book for years to come. Unless I'm seriously deluded, this book is not about vegetarianism.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism
5.0
Quite academic in style, this books is full of references to related/prior work and empirical data. This helps support Storr's views, though as a whole the book clearly captures Storr's personal/subjective theory on the importance of Solitude. Being a psychology book, it contains many references to pathological situations I could give content warnings for, but they all felt rather minor to me (perhaps because the text is rather academic it was easier to keep some distance). Exception to that is certainly Chapter 4 on imprisonment and solitude, which I found to be pretty graphic, but I think one could skip reading it without hindering comprehension of the remainder of the book, if necessary.
Graphic: Confinement and Torture
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
That being said, I didn't appreciate the book's binary view on gender, the conflation of sex and gender, and the complete disregard for the multitude of gender identities; in this book "male" equals "man", "female" equals "woman", and that's all there is to it. Also, I had hoped that the book will have a more positive stance towards society; I've had my fill of the whoever-has-the-bigger-stick-must-oppress-whoever-has-the-smaller-stick point of view. That's alright though, I think the author delivered the narrative they chose pretty successfully.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Infidelity, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, and Pregnancy
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and War
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Rape, and Vomit
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
From the stories in this book "Meditation" didn't really work for me; I really liked all the others ("The Judgement", "The Metamorphosis", "In the Penal Colony", "Letter to his Father") though. I'm curious to read the remaining works of Kafka.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
p59. "He is as rich as a Jew."
p134. "Of the two draymen one was handsome and the other was fat [..]"
Can't muster the strength or motivation to finish this one.
Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, and Antisemitism