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In Memoriam by Alice Winn

161 reviews

lil_owl_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia

puddlemud's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

5.0

Loved it, but ouch.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Homophobia

lostintime_73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

I'm crying. This was so beautifully written and I deeply adore both Ellwood and Gaunt. Absolute emotional rollercoaster of the best kind. I found all the references to little historical details really 'fun' to spot, clearly, Winn has put a great deal of research and time into this masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Homophobia

brynpemery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was beautiful. Can’t believe it’s a debut, but I will be looking forward to what the author does next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

botanicpanic's review

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism and Classism

gemin1reader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

I feel like this book ripped my heart in two. It’s a really unflinching look at the brutalities of war entwined with a love story of two boys. It’s beautifully written and heartbreaking, made me cry and will be living in my head for a long time, I think. Although it’s fiction, it really brings the reality of WW1 to life in a very haunting way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Sexual violence

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I was trying to decide, while I was reading this book, what makes boarding school stories feel so idyllic. I suppose it is the most wonderful version of life: surrounded by friends, intellectual conversations, secrets, sports, homoerotic tension. It’s not all good of course, but every time Elwood quotes a poem, I long for such an existence. But this isn’t a boarding school book exactly. It’s a war book. And it gets gory; the horrors of war are all too present in this book. But more than that, woven into every word of this book is love. There are different kinds: romantic, platonic, familial, love of life, love of country, love of poetry, but everywhere you look, there is love. And there is something captivating about love that persists against all odds. I think that is why I enjoyed the semi-epistolary nature of this book so much. It shows how these characters attempt to bundle that love up and put it into words as much as they can. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicide, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

introverted_reads's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

fishindices's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail