Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

4 reviews

devermismysteris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Drug abuse, War, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Child death, and Death

brainstewww's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

Vonnegut's usual dark humor shines through in this powerful anti-war novel. This is unlike most of the books I usually read, but I knew I liked Vonnegut's work, so I was quick to pick it up AND quick to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, War, and Death

Minor: Body shaming, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Murder, Classism, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, War, Death, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Gore, Ableism, Antisemitism, and Blood

Minor: Murder, Suicide, Sexual content, Animal death, Slavery, Medical trauma, Child death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Excrement

ilovelucy's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite book, it is poignant, philosophical, will cause you to think deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism

Minor: Child death

this book recounts true events that Vonnegut experienced during WWII