Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Het diner by Herman Koch

96 reviews

vantereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

meebs9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

hannahpeterson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Racism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia and Pregnancy

mjverrall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I can’t stop thinking about this book. It left a lot of open ends and questions but in a very intentional way. I couldn’t stop reading even though the characters are all absolutely terrible people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Classism

h4ppycupcake's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This read like a Dutch take on American Psycho. Not for the faint hearted. I didn’t find any of the characters particularly interesting and I didn’t end up feeling satisfied with how the story concluded. There was some interesting commentary regarding how society judges who can be considered an “innocent victim,” but it was not a pleasant character revelation. Truth be told, there were no pleasant parts of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

jkar7's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.5

I really did not like this. I should have DNFed. I did not like any of the characters. I thought the plot was stupid. I didn't enjoy the message (if there is one). And I really disliked the way Beau was discussed. I found the whole thing infuriating. I would never recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

aerlune's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

While I *do* like how the timeline was told/author chose how to reveal things, and that I sat a bit with the book as a whole for a good amount of time afterwards... but I still dislike this story. 
No one in this book is redeemable and that's fine, they are written very well like that and leaves you uncomfortable on purpose.
At least for me, the climax and conclusion felt flat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

gyangyanny's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood

sgtz00's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Classism