Reviews tagging 'War'

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

14 reviews

dagrapereadz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Death, and Blood

zoeysdigest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

3.75

An extremely difficult book to read emotionally, especially against today's political climate, it forces us to not look away and also to ask how much has changed (not much). The world looks away as fellow humans are suffering, the evil and corruption that persists even amidst war. It can feel aimless, as there is no overarcing plot, but it forces you to sit with your humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and War

yoora_zan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Gun violence

scmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, War, Child death, Hate crime, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Minor: Body horror, Fatphobia, Racism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Genocide

dtodd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

A moving and tightly-written book about an area of history I did not know much about. It conjures the feelings of war very realistically through vivid details and observations and is therefore very immersive and readable. I would recommend to anyone wanting to know more about the siege of Sarajevo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

princessfabulous's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

gracesreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

I feel like although it was a very interesting and obviously an interesting topic, for a war there was a lot of standing around waiting to cross the road. Or Arrow was waiting to shoot the other sniper for a long time. I also feel like it wasn't made explicitly obvious if they were Muslims or not. I think from context you know that they are but it felt like the author just glossed over that which is strange.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Gore, Murder, Violence, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tea_kettle's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Genocide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, and War

mold_munchr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.0

underwhelming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Gun violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood

anjadesa's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and War