Reviews tagging 'Death'

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

137 reviews

celery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

imrereads's review against another edition

2.5

While this most definitely was very interesting, the tone and style of the book didn't really land with me. I think my biggest question, having ended the book, is why the narrator, who is is own character, is telling us about Billy Pilgrim. I feel like I missed something. Maybe I did. 

(Reflections 8 days later)
I think this is a book I like more to have read, than I liked actually reading it. I've been thinking a lot about it, and my conclusion is that I really like the story. It stuck with me. When I finished the book, I very firmly felt like I wasn't interested in rereading it, but now that I've had it in the back of my mind for a while, I'm thinking that maybe I will after all. I wonder what I'll get out of it if I do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty

krohnan's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Death

magimiel's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and War

Minor: Infidelity and Car accident

ubetaro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Minor: Infidelity

buzzybuzzybeefudge's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad fast-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

5.0

this book is an absolutely brilliant example of nonlinear storytelling. i was hooked the entire time and extremely immersed in every scene. the humor caught me off guard many times and i almost laughed out loud on the metro while listening. and yet the book is so heavy and heartbreaking. i would recommend this to everyone, living or dead. so it goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Torture and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, and Vomit

mvegag's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

All I can say is this is an unconventional war related book that says everything and nothing. 
Highly recommend to highlight or underline things throughout first read because you WILL want to reread as soon as you finish this.
Really easy to read with a lot to unpack, loved the book and the author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and War

venusdapoopiehead's review against another edition

just not in the mood for this kinda book rn, maybe later on i’ll finish it cause it is a great book but i need some fantasy, i need some shit that’s not real and won’t make me have an existential crisis or something or make me loss all my faith in humanity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

wizaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

buffmech's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I was hesitant to start this after DNFing catch-22 but the inclusion of sci-fi turned it from war satire to batshit insane. The second half of the book gets funnier too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation