Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

10 reviews

erinvasut's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, War, Deportation, Grief, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Genocide, Confinement, and Murder

haren_k's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, War, Death, Child death, and Torture

samirareads24's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

The parallel stories are wonderful. Even though the endings are not necessarily happy, any story based during the Nazi occupation in Europe is not a happy one. Gladly there were some triumphs but not without pain. This is a great read for anyone who loves historical fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Xenophobia, Suicide, Violence, and War

gemmapz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book title is a bit of a misnomer, but other than that magnificently done! The storytelling is rich the main characters are compelling, and gives a sense of what it was like to be in France and Portugal during the middle to later parts of World War II. The story is not for the faint of heart, but is for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Suicide, Antisemitism, Child abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Religious bigotry, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, and Deportation

shaylac's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

I've picked up this book since I had a trip planned to Lisbon and I don't think I've ever read a book set in Lisbon, let alone Portugal.

The book follows 2 main characters and how they navigate through WWII in both Portugal and France, with the main goal of both characters of helping with the war efforts. It was interesting to see the 2 perspectives of the main characters and how they had to deal with internal and external dilemmas they faced. I've never learned much about Portugal's involvement in the war and I found it fascinating that during a time of rationing and sacrifice, that Portugal was "neutral" and didn't seem like the war affected them at all.

Overall, I thought the character development was good but the plot could have been a little more robust. There were times in the book where there was a weird time gap and it seemed like the audience could have learned a lot more about how the war was affecting the character more or how the character could have explored friendships/relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Minor: Physical abuse and Violence

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Torture

bookworm_ohsea's review

challenging emotional informative tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, and Violence

l1brarygirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Antisemitism, War, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Deportation, Gore, and Violence

marissa_collier's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

Can get a little graphic, especially towards the end. The plot is pretty solid throughout the book, but the last 200 pages are when things get really quick and it is impossible to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Antisemitism, War, Death, Suicide, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Violence

jennp28's review

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Well-written tale of daring women in WWII. The amount of bravery, heartbreak and challenges they faced is incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Antisemitism, Genocide, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Child death, and Gun violence