Reviews tagging 'Violence'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

229 reviews

helenphu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

Minor: Rape

amblewithme's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Torture

Minor: Vomit

sarawagistrom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Blood, Genocide, Xenophobia, War, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment

carriehaley89's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual assault

lucyatoz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is an sweeping epic of storytelling. Marie-Laure LeBlanc has been blind since she was six. Her father is the locksmith at the Museum of National History, and to help her find her way around Paris, he has built her a wooden model, complete with miniature house and storm drains. When the Nazis invade France, they flee Paris to Saint Malo, a port town in Brittney, to the home of her Great-Uncle Etienne, a survivor of World War I, and his housekeeper, Madame Manec.  

In almost alternate chapters, we also learn the story of Werner Pfennig, a German orphan. His father died in the mines and he too is destined to work there, until he find an old broken radio and his life changes forever. He is recruited and sent away to school where he develops his skills in triangulating radio signals. The lives of Marie-Laure and Werner are intertwined in a single day and it is a deeply moving story that the rest of the novel builds towards. 

I had a copy of this novel on my bookshelf and listened to it on BorrowBox. I read this for prompt 25, an author "everyone" has read except you, for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Abandonment, War, and Violence

Minor: Cursing

ashlynmae311's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Grief, Rape, Antisemitism, and Violence

Minor: Cancer

kbn4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

mscanzillo's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Bullying, Antisemitism, Violence, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Rape

sappypatheticm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Blood, Cancer, Sexual assault, Confinement, Medical content, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, War, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Deportation, and Genocide