Reviews with content warning for Racial slurs - The Monkey Wrench Gang

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The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

8 reviews

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I liked a lot of things about this book (interesting prose with some fantastic lines, a thrilling and inspiring plot) but the sexism and anti indigenous racism overshadowed everything. Also if I had to hear that audiobook narrator say “pinyon pine” one more time I was going to jump off the Glen Canyon Dam.

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knightwoods2's review against another edition

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Couldn't get past the constant racism from one of the main characters. Pretty sure i'm supposed to support the main character in most books so why bother?

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libbyleeereads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Going into this book I think I expected an inspiring environmental activism book that dealt with water issues in the American Southwest. I came to find that it was about extremist environmental activists who were crass, racist, sexist, and extremely hypocritical. I kept looking for the purpose of the characters being so difficult to relate to but I could not figure it out. The descriptions of the west are interesting and unique with similarly interesting chase scenes but this was not enough to make the book worth reading in all honesty.

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