Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

217 reviews

hahamama's review

adventurous sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Rape

violence, point-blank shootings, bombings, torture, rape, starvation, bullying.

windmillofwords's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Poetic. A work of art. Didn't have the ending I hoped for though. And the beginning was slow going. Took me a moment to find my stride. All around it was a moving story and one that stays with you. It feels as though it will become one of the Classics of it's time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Rape and War

kirchnerkd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Bullying

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

michellebelle4's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Violence, Xenophobia, Ableism, Gun violence, War, Body horror, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Rape, Vomit, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

lazza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

I initially found it really hard to get into and initially confusing but once I got about 100 pages in it picked up and I enjoyed it a lot more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, War, Religious bigotry, Violence, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Antisemitism

julia09's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

adina_zeling's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

cityiguana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Really a beautiful book. I read it right after Demon Copperhead (also an excellent book) which felt to be largely about the ways that adults can be cruel to children. There are cruel characters and dark parts of All The Light We Cannot See, but the kindness and nobility of the characters really shines through. Emotional, gripping, sad, beautiful, and incredibly hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, War, Racism, Antisemitism, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, Ableism, Grief, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Confinement, and Bullying

Minor: Terminal illness

ilana_pop's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

3.5

While I understand why the ending is the way that it is, it completely took me out of the story. Felt rather weak and really dragged the whole book down for me. I've yet to find a WW II novel that truly captivated me, that feels like a historical work. Also, feeling gutted we got so little Werner. Where I feel we really got to know Marie-Laure, I kept waiting to truly find out who Werner was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Violence, and Gun violence

shaleen64's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.25

This book is beautifully written with two characters at its centre. Both lovable in their own way, both forced towards different goals but ultimately brought together by a sense of doing what is right. The book makes you view the Second World War in a different light without becoming a history text book. There’s heartbreak, anger, horror and despair but hope and love throughout. If you loved the Book Thief, or anything similar, this should be your next read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Racism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Slavery, Torture, Rape, and Sexism