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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-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
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
emotional
sad
tense
The power of fiction to describe reality
The only war fiction I've been exposed to have been movies - and I've watched very few of those. This is a powerful novel, and surprising to me, as the POV is from a German soldier in WWI. Several years ago I read "The Things They Carried," about a soldier's experience in Vietnam. In "All Quiet's" gruesome depictions of the horrors of war, and the narrator's recognition of the banality of war, there is a lot of similarity to the later work. This novel differs in the narrator's aching sadness and recognition that his life will never be fulfilled, even if he survives to become a veteran. This should be required reading for everyone.
The only war fiction I've been exposed to have been movies - and I've watched very few of those. This is a powerful novel, and surprising to me, as the POV is from a German soldier in WWI. Several years ago I read "The Things They Carried," about a soldier's experience in Vietnam. In "All Quiet's" gruesome depictions of the horrors of war, and the narrator's recognition of the banality of war, there is a lot of similarity to the later work. This novel differs in the narrator's aching sadness and recognition that his life will never be fulfilled, even if he survives to become a veteran. This should be required reading for everyone.
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Unbelievable in the way the book can make you feel the same as the characters. You feel joy when they do, and on the next page you feel complete terror at the war.
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated