Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

97 reviews

klovi's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Hate crime, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Violence

dreamerfreak's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Homophobia

vb_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Superbement bien écrit. Les premiers chapitres sont tellement beaux que je les ai lus par petits bouts, pour les savourer pleinement.

Les éléments gothiques sont parfois trop présents à mon goût. De plus, certaines scènes m'ont fait tellement peur que j'en ai fait des cauchemars (d'où les 4,5 étoiles et non 5).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Incest, Infidelity, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Bullying, Child abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, and War

marta_gramaca's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, War, Police brutality, Violence, and Sexism

bethanylewis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: War

kimbo8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

roseblossom999's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Violence, Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Murder, Blood, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, and Incest

cainnechwithdrawn's review against another edition

The characters are extremely flat in a sexist way. I hated reading so many descriptions of men objectifying women. Disappointing, I've heard a lot of good things but this is hard to read for me. I'm not even someone who is against depictions of misogyny, I liked Nabokov's Lolita for example, but that book had substance to it's sexual violence.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

calathean's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Excrement, and Misogyny

Minor: War, Torture, Domestic abuse, Child death, Rape, and Death of parent

flutterfly222's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence