Reviews tagging 'War'

Demian by Hermann Hesse

28 reviews

riozul's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

i get him (solemnly nods)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking, War, and Suicide attempt

lio_ramon_dolor's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Bullying

Minor: Suicide attempt

contrapasso's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: War

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Moderate: War and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Incest, War, and Death

_luminess_'s review against another edition

reflective

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

katbenimble's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• 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

3.5

This is a coming-of-age story that I don't think really was relatable for me.  Well, I take that back.  A lot of the religious information was incredibly relatable to my childhood, so there was some camaraderie there.  It's a relatively short book, but I guess I was expecting more of an obvious philosophical revelation at the end?  We read this in my bookclub, so it was fascinating to do research on the author and had a lot of fun with that.  Would probably not pick up any of his other works though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Suicide attempt

Moderate: War and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

dealogues's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, War, and Bullying

Minor: Classism, Grief, and Abandonment

livelaughomo's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, War, and Suicide attempt

onthehummingbirds's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying

Moderate: War