Reviews tagging 'War'

The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

11 reviews

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Grief, Antisemitism, Death, Dementia, Death of parent, War, and Pregnancy

retroreader17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child death, War, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, and Gore

Moderate: Antisemitism, Confinement, Murder, War, and Mental illness

desdowns's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Outstanding.  I love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Abandonment, Bullying, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia, Excrement, Alcohol, and Sexual content

keekbeeek's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gun violence, Xenophobia, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

tracey1981's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Really good historical fiction set in Poland during WWII with a second narrator who was a present day descendant in the US. Great characters, plot and pacing. In just a couple of spots I wanted more ‘showing’ and less ‘telling.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Child death, and Death

j_hanchey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, and War

jennywinder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-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? No

4.5

It was neat to read a book from the perspective of occupied Poland. While partway through I could guess the ending, it still kept me engaged and anxious to hear exactly how we get to the resolution. It is sad and beautiful and made me want to learn more about the history of that region and time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Antisemitism

Moderate: War and Excrement

It takes place in nazi occupied Poland and modern day Florida. There is one use of the R-word but it pretty immediately explained why that is wrong

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

5.0

Wow. Just wow.
THIS is the story I feel like I have been waiting for for the last couple of months, the one that would blow me away!

I can't help but compare with Winter Garden which I also recently read, because there were definitely a lot of similarities - historical WWII fiction, dual timelines, family drama - and I have to say, this book absolutely nailed it in a way that Winter Garden didn't quite hit the mark.

I was equally drawn into both timelines, which wove themselves together seamlessly. The family struggles in the 'present' day felt completely authentic and the characters were well developed. Some difficult themes were explored, and I felt like these were all handled exceptionally well.

The historical timeline was, as can be expected with WWII fiction, absolutely heartbreaking, but equally inspiring. The character development of Alina was particularly strong.

This was my first Kelly Rimmer book and I definitely will be trying more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Violence

daralexandria's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Minor: Antisemitism and Dementia