Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Die fünf Menschen, die dir im Himmel begegnen by Mitch Albom

11 reviews

kiracrutcher's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and War

dfram's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book. This author’s writing is so moving. I liked the characters and the plot and how everything was connected. This is a great story that I intend to revisit some day.
p.s. Eddie and marguerite’s love was enchanting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Grief, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Child death, War, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Torture

szel_zsofi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Infertility

ambercchen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

there are some definitive flaws (one of which being albom’s gross simplification of his woman characters) but this book will always have a really soft spot in my heart that may or may not be clouded by nostalgia

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

someonelikeblue's review

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, Chronic illness, Ableism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Mental illness, Grief, Fatphobia, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Infertility

froggybex's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Terminal illness, Cancer, Violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

empathreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

"the world is full of stories but the stories are all one"—The straightforward way of narrating the story to introduce a lesson on why we live and what we live for, as if tracing the dots, you realize it all happened for a reason when you look back. The different angles; sacrifice, forgiveness, then unveiling it to find a purpose; that your life wasn't a waste, you made a difference. It was striking to put it with the backward format of the novel, which began from the ending. It makes you think about life in general, because all of your suppression, hatred, denial, and emotions reveal how you have been living your life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Terminal illness, War, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Confinement, Death, and Grief

clemrain's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

The Five People You Meet in Heaven was not for me. 

Found it hard to sympathize with Eddie. I normally like characters that can be hard to root for, but Eddie didn’t fit the bill. The more people he met in heaven to explain his life, the more irritated I got with Eddie. His life goes against many of my own morals and maybe that’s why. I tried to keep an open mind and meet the books end to understand the character better but it didn’t happen.

The way this book makes you see the “good side” of abusive and shitty people is absolutely gross. What was especially out of touch was Ruby telling Eddie to forgive his father when she is a total stranger to him and his situation . His father was abusive and self righteous. This is one of the morals that contradict mine. Forgiveness isn’t necessary to move on.

Also Eddie’s mom was in the middle of being sexually assaulted and somehow his father ended up being the victim but also a good guy because he forgave the person who was doing it??

Like yeah I get message. People are complicated. However. there is absolutely a better way of showing that than what the author went with. 

The writing was simple. Nothing spectacular about it. It is interesting to read a piece of fiction by someone who primarily works in non-fiction. It really reads in the writing style. I do think this story could’ve been shorter and I’m glad it wasn’t longer.

Ending

was predictable and exactly what I thought it’d be. Does that make it bad? No. But it’s adds to the lack of memorability of this book.

I really wanted to like this book and I had expectations going into it. Maybe that contributed to my disappointment in it. 

Side note: I also did not appreciate how the little child was described at the end of the book and it turned my mood sour for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

noesols's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

apevi's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t find the philosophical insight mind blowing but it was a nice read, the concept of heaven was  interesting. Pales in comparison to ‘Tuesday’s With Morrie’. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment