Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

76 reviews

tara_valeria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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: Violence and War

h4ppycupcake's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

“Stranger, whoever you are, open this to find what will amaze you.”

A heart breaking, heart warming look at how small we as humans are, and yet we are still deeply, unfailingly interconnected. I hope that as both the beauty and the horror of this world, humanity continues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

justdiana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Confinement

abaighritz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

20sidedbi's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Holy shit. This is the best book I've... ever? read. I ugly cried at the end. So beautiful, so heartwrenching, so powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

spookyaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

jessi_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

A worthwhile Everest of a book. Every bit of the climb is as challenging as people say, but the triumph at the end was worth the journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Mental illness

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Homophobia and Slavery

puntifexmaximus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sdurhamohr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War