Reviews tagging 'War'

Il Club del libro e della torta di bucce di patata di Guernsey by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

91 reviews

sylexlibris's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

sarahlizzie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs and Vomit

tinkeringcheck's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

Over 8 hours I feel like the Society and people of Guernsey became my friends as much as they became Juliet's. The narrators' performances were just incredible and brought the characters' voices to life in such a lively way. This book was truly made for a full-cast audio production.

I particularly loved

Sidney and Isola's

budding friendship and

Juliet and Kit's

relationship - neither of which quite got their due in the film version. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and War

Minor: Death, Slavery, and Violence

Usual WW2 homefront fiction warnings apply, but not very graphic. Many of the characters talk about their harrowing experiences during the occupation, including being sent to concentration camps. It's a postwar setting in a formerly occupied territory, so the grief and weight of those experiences is pretty steeped in the setting despite the overall lightness and charm of the book.

tidywendypop's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.75

Comfort book all the way!! I want the calming descriptions of Guernsey, Elisabeth's cottage and wildflower meadow, and the sea etched into my heart. It feeds my hopeless romantic cottagecore soul and makes me ache for a  home the same Juliet discovered in these pages. It's a story about the aftermath of war, the scars it left, community, orphans, families (especially found), shy love, homes, and finding your home. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Xenophobia

sarahallez's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Genocide

downsophialane's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

A charming epistolary novel set directly post-WWII, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a celebration of resilience, friendship and how books can bring people together, even in the darkest times. For my fellow romance girlies: there's a sweet one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

afion's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal death

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Car accident

lauraleafromthelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and War

queenhufflegruff's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.5

I thought this was lovely, and a beautiful story of resistance and resilience of a small occupied island during WW2 that we don't hear much about. I loved the epistolary format, and thought that the characters were all beautifully unique and well drawn

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Grief, and War