Reviews tagging 'Death'

When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

4 reviews

smal_practice's review

Excruciating war descriptions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and War

hannah_cogo'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this book was insane. an intense journey. incredibly well written and detailed, very well structured and consistent. but the ending left me so sad and empty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Animal death, Vomit, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Misogyny, Child abuse, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Excrement, Gore, Kidnapping, War, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, and Sexism

very intense and has a lot of graphic/triggering themes so read with caution!!

laurenipsum's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, and Racism

dorsetreader's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, and War