Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

3 reviews

badbadwolf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Grief, Colonisation, Genocide, Alcohol, Confinement, Suicide, Death, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and War

lesejaguar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The book has quite a slow start but the end is so catching I could not stop reading. The author's writing style to me is very interesting - a little lifeless and kinda technical.
But I have a real problem with the main character's view of women! This is just creepy and so off in my oppinion! Also there are no good/important female characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Grief, Suicide, Misogyny, and Car accident

nsn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

epic but translated work makes it hard to appreciate and get through. it proceeds from one scene to another clunkily, sometime abruptly plowing through plot points, other times indulging in chunks of dreamy observations, science and philosophies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, Cancer, and Suicide