Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

8 reviews

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

mockingjayx16's review

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death and Violence

moonlightreads007's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

This one was a really fun read! I love how the main character decides to just climb out of the window and disappear into a new life he chooses for himself. It was a very action-packed, adventurous type of book. I really liked how the author tied historical events into the book and added their own personal twist to them by involving the characters in the development of world history. The characters do many ethically questionable things at times, but they're so likeable that you can't help but to cheer for them.

The part where they lie about the chronological order of events and about what actually happened was especially entertaining. I love how they all get mostly happy endings; it goes to show that people can create new lives and realities for themselves at any age, and that it's never too late to have fun adventures and to do all the things you want to do.

All in all, I really enjoyed this book and I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes themes of adventure, historical fiction, situational irony and friendships in books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, and War

Minor: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

zefancifulreader's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.5

This book always calls to my dark sense of humour, it’s absurdity is so fun to experience.
This book is basically 100+ years of social drinking with vodka. Skål!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

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

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

bethanstanleyy's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Car accident

wrenhartjacobs's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

3.75

It’s quite a fun lighthearted satire. Easy to pick up when not wanting anything serious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Racism and War