Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

11 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was mentioned by one of my film professors in our class about the Hollywood blacklist era and I'm so glad I remembered it. You can see why HUAC hated his ass he was a genius!

The audiobook was performed so well but also the intro from the mom really made me emotional. Then I was like fuck this book is gonna fuck me up too isn't it? And then it did. I didn't cry but you really feel every emotion. A book that can truly be universally understood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Slavery

add_a_little_spook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

christmaskid's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This is a difficult read to give a numbered rating. The narrative is difficult to follow in places because it drifts in and out of dream states between past, present, reality and dream. However: a very necessary read when historical context is taken into account as well as the way the novel holds itself today - ‘you point the way and we will point the way.’ Beautiful prose forges a powerful anti war message, especially in Trumbo’s forward and his last few pages

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

bear_oskar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

2busyreading's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

corruptednatz's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.25

It’s a sad book, we witness a man slowly go insane being trapped within his own body with no way of communication. The book does a good job of evoking the sense of dread as the man comes to terms with his missing limbs, blindness and deafness. I gave the book a 2 star for the concept. It’s a scary concept that can happen to anyone but the book was mostly the man reminiscing about his past life (some points felt like filler) which made the book very slow. The bits and pieces about him in the hospital bed could only fill up a couple of chapters.

 It would’ve been more interesting if the author expanded on the last part of the book when he was able to communicate through Morse code. Rather than the doctor giving him sedatives to shut him up and silence him forever (I understand why, because the government doesn’t want the world to see what war does to a man); he could’ve actually asked questions about his platoon and got more Info on his family or what happened in the war, then shut him up once his questions were too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs

tonihdd3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and War

enidcoleslaw's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

My history teacher the first year of college had us read an except from the book and I immediately fell in love with the writing. It's the ultimate anti-war musing with such beautiful language that it's hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

escapinginpaper's review

This is a very dark and depressing book. At the time I tried to read it, I was not in a good headspace to deal with it. May try again someday? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, and Violence