Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

19 reviews

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? No

2.5

This book was beautifully written but it is about a Nazi who falls in love with a blind girl and the author making a sympathetic Nazi makes me profoundly uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual assault, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, War, Murder, Rape, Death, and Grief

cutepatzie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

I am not a fan of war books. But this was surprisingly amazing. I enjoy it so much. It's a heavy book, especially if you were born in Europe. And you can understand the fear, violence, and brutality of war. The story was amazingly written. Just a great book. And also love the representation of a blind person in book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Gore, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Abandonment, Cancer, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Sexual content, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and War

lacey_wi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Blood, Cancer, Gore, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

johannafrth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

the story is tragic and heavy and that's exactly the way it felt reading the book. uneasy, oppressing, frightening. the atmosphere of the plot and the situation during WWII were well matched and projected onto the reader which made the story feel extremely real. i really appreciated the style of writing. highly poetical and tragical and so beautiful. apart from that i was a little underwhelmed. the different storylines and time jumps were confusing from time to time and it took some time to get used to it. also, at some points the story felt very repetitive and dragged and i think it could have been done with at least 100 pages less. what i really liked however were the extremely well researched background and historical information which added to the feeling and realness of the plot i mentioned at the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

alaskayoung1734's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

I love this book so much. It has a bit of a slow start but it is 100% worth continuing. I read it in 5 days. Truly amazing. It gives a really deep and immersive look into ww2. I would definitely recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Terminal illness

janan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Antisemitism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Terminal illness

clarisseep's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Other evenings they play Flying Couch. They climb onto the Davenport and sit side by side, and Etienne says, “Where to tonight, mademoiselle?” 

Immediately he can smell it : the perfume is so sweet, so outrageously sweet, that he nearly faints. What is the word? Pêches. Les pêches. 
[…] “We will share, she says. “For what you did.” […] That first peach slithers down his throat like rapture. A sunrise in his mouth. 
[…] They eat. They drink the syrup. They run down their fingers down the inside of the can. 

Marie-Laure hears Madame Manec : You must never stop believing. 

litteraly heartbreaking, devastating and heart wrenching. 
it indeed took me a while to get un the story : between the characters and the different times swaps, but once I was hooked, I read the book definitely way faster. 
then I understood who was everybody and cherished everyone (except for Von Rumpel - I didn’t really quite understand he was in the book) 
honestly I would've wished more «together-time» between Marie-Laure and Werner, but their meeting was just beautiful and had solemnly devastating consequences. 
I was then really absorbed, but felt sincerely shocked after the ending. 
Really I would’ve rated the book a 5 out of 5 but somehow the unequal balance of grabbing content throughout the whole book made it lower. 
I would’ve also have loved a Jutta's, Frederick's and Madame Manec's point of view during the story, it would’ve made it more grabbing. 
an other point I have is how great the importance of radios is in this book. 
I still absolutely cherish Marie-Laure and Werner's less of a day together. simply shattering. 
overall beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

vamr7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

aeriecircus's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia