Reviews tagging 'Death'

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

128 reviews

reggiethebird's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Rape

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, War, Death, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Gore, Ableism, Antisemitism, and Blood

Minor: Murder, Suicide, Sexual content, Animal death, Slavery, Medical trauma, Child death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Excrement

ambercchen's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.25

a really intriguing depiction of ptsd and anti war that literally no one in my ap lang class talked abt! the motif of interconnection and “everything was beautiful and nothing hurt” is so lovely but i fear vonnegut fell into the trap of old men talking abt young women in a weird way :-/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, and Violence

squareninja's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, War, and Animal death

Minor: Racism

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five has been in my TBR for a while. While I think Vonnegut is a talented writer, I don’t know that I’m the right audience for his work. For me, the plot jumped around too much and a lot of the phrasing felt inconsequential and passive. It was hard to keep track of the characters, but I did enjoy the overall concept of reliving a traumatic experience alongside scifi elements (like time-travel). For me this book felt really long, but I’m sure there are a lot of people who would disagree with me. If you’re a fan of Vonnegut’s I’m sure you’ll enjoy this piece as well, but for me, it fell short. And so it goes… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

polestick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

soupply's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Fatphobia

streberkatze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death and Sexual harassment

Minor: Torture

ysabelmedina's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Death

noonjinx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a beautifully written book about the pointlessness of war. It’s brilliance is that Vonnegut manages to make his point in a gentle way without getting angry or blaming anyone. It is very, very sad but also funny, whimsical and occasionally psychedelically weird (the aliens look like sink plungers with hands).

The lead character drifts aimlessly through the story as the people around him die in pointless ways. So it goes. His lack of agency which would normally annoy me, but in this case it’s fundamental to the point of the novel. The aliens have taught him that the past, present and future all exist forever and can’t be changed. Pilgrim’s consciousness veers wildly through time as he visits each important moment in his life. He knows where and when he will die and is as stoical about that as he is about the things that happened in the past.

Vonnegut’s tone and light touch make the weird, dream like story wonderfully readable. It’s probably one of the best books I’ve ever read and definitely one I’ll come back to in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War