Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

86 reviews

ladykatka's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

My favourite quote was when Marie-Loure asked "we are the good guys though? And her uncle responded "I hope so" because you often don't know until the war is over. 

Overall though I don't think I enjoyed this book, I kept flip-flopping between. I like it and I don't like it but in the end it was too long and the timelines going back and forth between present and past was a little confusing and hard to keep track of sometimes, especially because the book was sooooooo long. The ending was also really unsatisfying. I wish it had ended a lot sooner than it did. I feel like this could have been edited down by at least 200 pages. I was also quite upset by the unnecessary updates on some of the characters at the end. Finding out what happened to his sister in particular, yikes. I mean I understand that this is what happened in real life after the war and during the war. But I felt like it didn't add anything to this book. It was just unnecessary and upsetting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cancer, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Gun violence, and War

ninakzz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.5

Me encantó este libro. Las descripciones desde el punto de vista de los personajes son geniales, varían de la manera correcta, especialmente las descripciones de Marie sobre lo que le rodea, considerando su ceguera, describe con olores, con colores que asigna en su mente, con sensaciones, con sonidos. Increíble como la historia va llevando a los personajes a través de los cambios de la época, a la ocupación nazi y la liberación. La guerra es lo que es.

Fue muy triste lo que sucedió con Werner, me habría gustado que se reencontrara con Marie, pero al menos debo decir que fue muy realista.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, and Genocide

naomiannerie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, War, Genocide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

windmillofwords's review against another edition

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

michellebelle4's review against another edition

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

melis_57821's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Was expecting more from the final few chapters.  Would have given 4 stars up until the 11th chapter.  Then it all went wrong.  Didn’t feel like they wrapped anything up.  But left me depressed, too much realism in a story about a magical diamond.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gun violence, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

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

christiemaple's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense 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: War, Rape, Bullying, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

martha_is_reading's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Xenophobia, and Forced institutionalization

maddierandolph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Ableism, Sexual violence, Genocide, Rape, and Pregnancy