Reviews tagging 'Violence'

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

211 reviews

arcadiabaes's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

pen_to_paper's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cursing

caitlin_123a's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Antisemitism

clemireads's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia

jazzytron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

golelifsu's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, and War

nadijya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

opossumom's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Antisemitism and Outing

brisgris's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I read through this book in one day and absolutley, thoroughly enjoyed whilst I was reading it; it was very emotional and the characters were well-written and rounded.  However, once I finished the book, I had a few critiques.  Ellwood is described as 'poetic and dreamy' and has been in love with Gaunt forever, but

Gaunt says 'I love you' twice and Ellwood never says it

.  Also, Gaunt's mannerisms were more similar to those of an older man instead of an 18 year old boy.  Although I understand that this was done to show how the war aged him, I still felt as though he began acting like that too early on in the novel for it to feel realistic.  Overall, this was a very good, emotionally poignant read, full of interesting plot points that also felt historically accurate, but the way the characters were described in the first few chapters compared to their later behaviours did not feel like a progression that made sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

It is set during the First World War and the premise of the book is the romantic relationship between two boys - behaviours and attitudes about this are therefore era appropriate.