Reviews tagging 'War'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

366 reviews

gracereallyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and War

naomiannerie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, War, Genocide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

aestass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book! San Malo really came alive and I enjoyed the slow build of multiple story lines. Marie is my favorite and I appreciate that the author chose to portray a blind character properly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Abandonment, and Death

gab_l23's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape

hahamama's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Rape

violence, point-blank shootings, bombings, torture, rape, starvation, bullying.

windmillofwords's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Poetic. A work of art. Didn't have the ending I hoped for though. And the beginning was slow going. Took me a moment to find my stride. All around it was a moving story and one that stays with you. It feels as though it will become one of the Classics of it's time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Rape and War

kirchnerkd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Bullying

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

michellebelle4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Violence, Xenophobia, Ableism, Gun violence, War, Body horror, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Rape, Vomit, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

lazza's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I initially found it really hard to get into and initially confusing but once I got about 100 pages in it picked up and I enjoyed it a lot more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, War, Religious bigotry, Violence, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Antisemitism

melis_57821's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Was expecting more from the final few chapters.  Would have given 4 stars up until the 11th chapter.  Then it all went wrong.  Didn’t feel like they wrapped anything up.  But left me depressed, too much realism in a story about a magical diamond.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gun violence, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault