Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

41 reviews

jumpingjacksofy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Beautifully written.  The rhythm of Erich Maria Remarque’s poetic prose is a treat to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide

lilygrace1113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

desertdreamsanddarkthemes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

connectedwings's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Suicide attempt

em33's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.5

 Very poignant book. A good easy read, that is very powerful, very real. Very sad and eye opening to the realities of war and how modern warfare has changed because of the actions of the First World War. As a British person we don’t learn about how it was for the Germans fighting in the wars and actually they are still only humans, being forced to fight a war they didn’t decided to join. And they had it far worse than the British and allied forces when it came to how they were treated by their own country. It makes it easier to understand soldiers point of view. They didn’t want to be there. They didn’t want to die. They had no choice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

ronan900's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

sophtanda's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

heuteschongekurtet's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

saraaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

One of the best pieces of war literature I've ever read. Deeply moving, reflective, leaves you with a strong sense of injustice – as any good war novel should.
I feel like the author went for an explicitly didascalic approach, unambiguously denouncing the horrors of the war through the first person account of the young protagonist's personal experiences and reflections.
The strong accent on the loss of youthful dreams and teenage convictions makes it, in a way, a hybrid between a war novel and a bildungsroman.
The style was poetic at times, especially when reporting the protagonist's considerations, then moving to a kind of matter-of-factly journalistic style when describing the soldiers' routine and daily sufferings.
Last but not least, it's the first – and so far the only – war novel I read that managed to give a realistic account of a teenage boy's perspective on women and sexual attraction without falling into misogyny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Mental illness

Minor: Racial slurs, Excrement, and Alcohol