Reviews tagging 'War'

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

15 reviews

avsdhpn's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, War

quills4days's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol

cmbohn's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Dementia, War

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Alcohol, Classism

bookfairyesmee's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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3,5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide

Minor: Mental illness, Murder, Cultural appropriation, War

madinhoa's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Very hard to read. Everything is confusing and like a puzzle you have to put together with missing pieces. There are a lot of names that are all very similar and characters that are hard to tell apart. The only interesting thing that happens is in the last 100 pages. I would recommend looking up the spark notes summary and watching it rather than reading the book — it is way harder to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War