Reviews tagging 'War'

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

20 reviews

rachieanniereads's review

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

a multi-generational story of grief and the lasting effects of war, mostly through a lens of a 9 year old boy on a mission

new all time favorite of mine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: War

Minor: Self harm

mcoleman1250's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

augustst's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, War, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Incest

ljohns118's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Very interesting read, I love books with POV changes, and though some weird things were going on in that family I liked the book overall. Somewhat sad/had some major sad parts, but not too sad and the end was really good. An interesting way to write about loss and it was cool to read the dialogue with the grandpa. I still imagine him and the grandma in the airport.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Incest

gymbeannz's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Self harm

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Bullying, Cursing, Incest, Suicide, and War

hadeshotline's review

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Child death, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Islamophobia, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Homophobia

zaraha's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, War, and Self harm

juliatsang's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, War, and Mental illness

bea_becker's review

challenging dark emotional sad

• 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

3.75

It's so well done and I did not really enjoy reading it until the last 100 pages. I feel like this book is a masterpiece but it's not fun or linear or easy to follow at least at first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: War and Self harm

It deals heavily with 9/11.

hannah_gingersnap's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, War, and Grief