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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
emotional
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:
Yes
such a compelling work on the human cost and ultimate futility of war. i really enjoyed the exchange about why they went to war, who had started it, what they were doing it for.
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
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
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
emotional
sad
tense
The power of fiction to describe reality
The only war fiction I've been exposed to have been movies - and I've watched very few of those. This is a powerful novel, and surprising to me, as the POV is from a German soldier in WWI. Several years ago I read "The Things They Carried," about a soldier's experience in Vietnam. In "All Quiet's" gruesome depictions of the horrors of war, and the narrator's recognition of the banality of war, there is a lot of similarity to the later work. This novel differs in the narrator's aching sadness and recognition that his life will never be fulfilled, even if he survives to become a veteran. This should be required reading for everyone.
The only war fiction I've been exposed to have been movies - and I've watched very few of those. This is a powerful novel, and surprising to me, as the POV is from a German soldier in WWI. Several years ago I read "The Things They Carried," about a soldier's experience in Vietnam. In "All Quiet's" gruesome depictions of the horrors of war, and the narrator's recognition of the banality of war, there is a lot of similarity to the later work. This novel differs in the narrator's aching sadness and recognition that his life will never be fulfilled, even if he survives to become a veteran. This should be required reading for everyone.