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erinbrenner's review
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Medical content, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, and Sexism
Moderate: Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Grief
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Self harm, and Lesbophobia
svrye_docx's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
QAs the second in the series, 'The Eye in the Door' picks up where 'Regeneration' left off and loses nothing in the way of pacing and style.
Where the first book focused on mental health among soldiers and war victims and the effects of the trench warfare raging in the fields of France, the second focuses on a quieter war being fought on the home front; that of conspiracies, conscientious objectors to the war and a homosexuality scandal and trial raging across the public sphere.
What struck me was that this shift in focus never felt undue or from left-of-field. These themes were, in fact, seeded in the first as ancillary problems that were poised to become larger issues in the future so when the second book dives into these issues in earnest, it's actually quite a natural transition.
'The Eye in the Door' is a much less hopeful book than the first one in the series, I felt, but then perhaps that's on me for expecting a war novel to be hopeful.
Where the first book focused on mental health among soldiers and war victims and the effects of the trench warfare raging in the fields of France, the second focuses on a quieter war being fought on the home front; that of conspiracies, conscientious objectors to the war and a homosexuality scandal and trial raging across the public sphere.
What struck me was that this shift in focus never felt undue or from left-of-field. These themes were, in fact, seeded in the first as ancillary problems that were poised to become larger issues in the future so when the second book dives into these issues in earnest, it's actually quite a natural transition.
'The Eye in the Door' is a much less hopeful book than the first one in the series, I felt, but then perhaps that's on me for expecting a war novel to be hopeful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking
caitban's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
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? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
sophiemundy13's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Body horror
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