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All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

4.03 AVERAGE

lake_emerald's review against another edition

3.5

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

founddrama's review against another edition

3.0

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Probably the best book ever forced upon my via curriculum. This one stuck with me, struck a chord; vivid imagery, visceral reading. Sick-to-your-stomach visceral sometimes. Definitely an important piece of literature.

phyllied's review against another edition

5.0

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The writing in “All Quiet on the Western Front” is both beautiful and searing. This is certainly one of the best war, or antiwar, books I’ve ever read.

Longer review to come.

samiraaaa's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad

lazy_sisyphus's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dances13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: No

kimotsuki's review against another edition

4.25

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the personification of the earth on p55 is something i might just think about for the rest of my life

lizzie_525's review against another edition

4.75

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: Complicated

theymightbereno's review against another edition

4.0

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A very powerful story. While nothing that most don't already know is presented, it's still more powerful when attached to characters that aren't different from the reader. Just a normal person like you and me being faced with impossible odds.

sleepydahlias's review against another edition

3.5

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This was interesting in that it's a war book that hates war. It was extremely descriptive but even from a first person perspective, it felt too descriptive, like no one is that observant, as if Paul was removed from himself from the beginning. Every sentence has a heaviness to it, there's very little in the way of superfluous meaning, even though Paul is superficial, which I think highlights the fact that he is neither man nor child at this time, he's just a soldier caught in  between. It's a very straightforward read, there's no poetic meaning nor romanticization of war and I can understand why it's been banned and burned