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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
If anybody needs me, I'll be sitting in a dark room by myself for a few hours trying to come to terms with this book. Gritty and utterly heartbreaking, but spell-binding and beautifully written.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
War is hell. The old and wealthy send the young to die. We still haven't learned.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"Erich Maria Remarque's 'Im Westen nichts Neues' ist zweifellos ein bedeutendes Buch, das den Schrecken des Krieges auf beklemmende Weise vermittelt. Es zeigt auf eindrucksvolle Weise, mit welchem Tatendrang und Mut die Hauptcharaktere in den Krieg ziehen, nur um zu erleben, wie dieser sie verändert und degradiert. Das Buch veranschaulicht eindrucksvoll die Grausamkeiten und den Verlust, den der Krieg mit sich bringt.
Besonders in unserer heutigen Zeit, geprägt von zahlreichen Konflikten und Kriegsgebieten, bleibt diese Lektüre von hoher Relevanz. Sie erinnert uns daran, die Schrecken des Krieges nie zu vergessen und uns stets für den Frieden einzusetzen. Ein Buch, das tief berührt und wichtige Botschaften vermittelt, die auch heute noch von großer Bedeutung sind."
Besonders in unserer heutigen Zeit, geprägt von zahlreichen Konflikten und Kriegsgebieten, bleibt diese Lektüre von hoher Relevanz. Sie erinnert uns daran, die Schrecken des Krieges nie zu vergessen und uns stets für den Frieden einzusetzen. Ein Buch, das tief berührt und wichtige Botschaften vermittelt, die auch heute noch von großer Bedeutung sind."
Painfully beautiful. “From the earth, from the air, sustaining forces pour into us-mostly from the earth. To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier. When he presses himself down upon her long and powerfully, when he buries his face and his limbs deep in her from the fear of death by shell-fire, then she is his only friend, his brother, his mother; he stifles his terror and his cries in her silence and her security; she shelters him and releases him for ten seconds to live, to run, ten seconds of life; receives him again and often for ever.
Earth!-Earth!-Earth!”
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
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
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"We're no longer young men. We've lost any desire to conquer the world. We are refugees. We are fleeing from ourselves. From our lives. We were eighteen years old, and we had just begun to love the world and to love being in it; but we had to shoot at it. The first shell to land went straight for our hearts. We've been cut off from the real action, from getting on, from progress. We don't believe in those things any more; we believe in the war."
A true tour de force of WWI literature. So harrowingly and unbelievably tender; I am heartbroken for the utter waste of young life. This is a novel of astonishing power.
Remarque navigates how the folly of youth is entangled in a sudden collision with the brutality of war, and I found myself disquieted by the scope of knowledge of the intricacies and details of warfare and death that become known to the seasoned soldier, who are really little more than children.
A true tour de force of WWI literature. So harrowingly and unbelievably tender; I am heartbroken for the utter waste of young life. This is a novel of astonishing power.
Remarque navigates how the folly of youth is entangled in a sudden collision with the brutality of war, and I found myself disquieted by the scope of knowledge of the intricacies and details of warfare and death that become known to the seasoned soldier, who are really little more than children.