Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

10 reviews

scruffie's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.25

I think understanding the context surrounding this as well as the subtext is really important, otherwise you'll likely get bored. This is very much something you read for the journey, not the destination, so don't go into this expecting any twists and turns.

As a fan of fast paced reads, this was definitely a challenge for me, but I am glad I finished it because I actually enjoyed the second half more than the first! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Confinement, Medical content, Violence, and Death

georgiarybanks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Blood

gggk's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Murder

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

alexhaydon's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Murder

lilifane's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

This premise was very intriguing. The atmosphere was excellent, very depressing, tense, lonely but also peaceful. I liked the survival aspect of the plot and the stream of consciousness way of story telling. It got a little too repetitive towards the end. On the other hand, the repetitions had an impact on the atmosphere. Unfortunately, I didn't like the writing style, and it effected my reading experience in a negative way. (It's definitely a me-thing. I just don't vibe with vocabulary from this specific time period and place) Still, the book is thought-provoking and reading it during a pandemic definitely hits differently. I think it will stay with me for a little while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Animal cruelty

srm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

bluejayreads's review against another edition

 This is very much a pandemic novel - not in that it's about a pandemic, but the crushing isolation and loneliness of being possibly the only survivor of whatever happened evokes the same mood and I was not emotionally ready for it. I picked it up because I was in the mood for something more slow and contemplative, but this was too much. It is interesting and I may come back to it when I'm farther from Pandemic Emotions, but I can't finish it right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

bunnyreads2's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Décidément unique et remarquable, que je n’arrive pas à décrire autrement qu’un croisement entre cottagecore meets post-apocalyptique, le tout écrit très joliment. 
Le rapport à la nature et aux animaux est si bien décrit, le monologue du personnage si juste. 

Je crois que la chance typique que j’ai de choisir des livres qui tombent pile au bon moment de ma vie a encore frappé. Cette sortie d’énième confinement en lisant ce livre a été plus douce, je crois, d’une certaine façon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death