Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

18 reviews

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The book is perfectly written from beginning to end. Listening to the audiobook was a great choice, as it is excellently narrated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Minor: Death of parent

erikwmj's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

my relationship with this book is kinda complicated.
i DID have a lot of fun with it and i definitel  enjoyed the writing style and the premise, but i also really needed my month-long break from it, because it was a LOT, especially with all the deaths and the excessive mention of alcohol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and War

Minor: Sexism

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Xenophobia, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

empathephant's review

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was a crazy good time. I want to reread it immediately, which is a sign of a good book for me. Instead I'll probably read the sequel and also brush up on my 20th century history class, which has somehow become 6,984 times as compelling...

I laughed aloud often, which is rare for me while reading, but also thought deeply about the way history had been presented to me in school, politics, conflict, and what matters most in life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

The book is lighthearted in tone but does deal with a lot of war and political conflict. For me the tone meant that most of the book wasn't terribly distressing. However, I did feel very uncomfortable on 129 which discussed plans of guards to sexually assault a prisoner. I feel that the bottom half of that page could be skipped without losing much plot.

jvarkey's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

0.5

I did not like this book at all. I found the characters in the book to be quite unlikable. The main characters are sociopathic and casually act in ways that harm other. All the victims of their misdemeanors is shown to be criminals so that our protagonists do not seem like bad people. The back stories of the characters is very well written and see them acting pretty sensible. However, the same can not be said of the main character Allen's interactions with historical figures. They come across as weird after the first few times. The attempt to make it seem like Forrest Gump fail because Forrest was more likable and because he was going around a county not the entire world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Car accident, and War

Minor: Racism and Rape