Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

5 reviews

hannah_cogo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

this book was insane. an intense journey. incredibly well written and detailed, very well structured and consistent. but the ending left me so sad and empty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Animal death, Vomit, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Misogyny, Child abuse, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Excrement, Gore, Kidnapping, War, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, and Sexism

very intense and has a lot of graphic/triggering themes so read with caution!!

laurenipsum's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, and Racism

anderson27paige's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Kazuo Ishiguro is one of my favorite authors because his ideas are so original and speak to larger problems in society but some of his books, including this one, have the same issue of being slow and uninteresting for the first 80% of the book and then being captivating and meaningful in the last 20%. The majority of this book bounces back and forth between a current timeline and the main characters childhood and it’s often difficult to tell why you’re learning the information you’re learning. I don’t regret reading it and it did give me something to think about regarding the values we hold as a society and how our childhoods affect us, but I don’t know that I would recommend it unless you’re familiar with Ishiguro’s style and willing to be confused for a bit.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mangopassion555's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

dorsetreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, and War