Reviews tagging 'Death'

Girl at War by Sara Nović

11 reviews

drraytay's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, War, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Islamophobia

Minor: Vomit

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mass/school shootings, Genocide, War, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Vomit, Rape, Sexual violence, and Child death

thehmkane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very solid. Great prose, heartwrenching story. Shines a light on a topic I knew little about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, Rape, and Sexual violence

kfrawrylion's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Blood, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, War, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

nicoleisalwaysreading's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-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

4.0

read in one incredible sitting. paced incredibly well - I had to keep turning the pages. there is a distinct shift in the plot when war becomes not just a distant air siren and but an intimate tragedy, and it caught me off guard. the idyllic childhood of a rambunctious tomboy paired with her narrative as a closed-off survivor only a decade later is really special. the ending felt abrupt (disappointingly so) but its open-ended nature is hopeful. important and accessible fiction about the Yugoslav Wars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gun violence, Death, and Death of parent

msennflinn's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Violence, Child death, Genocide, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Rape

juhlig's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, War, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

alexture's review

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape and Alcoholism

annareads9898's review

dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.5

I found this novel slightly difficult to "get into" at first, I had to re start it a few times because I did not feel like I was giving it my full attention. I liked how the book operated between three/four different timelines and events, it kept the Yugoslavian War and the genocide that occurred front and center instead of cramming it into one section of the book. I only gave it 3 and a half stars because I did not feel Ana as a fully formed character. She was the main character of the book but I felt the descriptions of her and the descriptions of her inner monologue to be very stop and go, like the events in her life were never finished. This could have been done purposely so, just not the type of prose that I usually enjoy. Sara Novic, the author of this novel, is deaf and in my copy of the book there was a section in the back devoted to her talking about being a deaf author which I found to be extremely interesting and worthy of evaluation. She seems to be a great advocate for HOH (hard of hearing) persons rights.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, and Violence