Reviews tagging 'War'

Die Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig

19 reviews

michael_richter's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: War

meesh150's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and War

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

charlottejones952's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

Minor: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, and War

saltycoffee's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and War

the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

redempta's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Antisemitism, War, and Classism

nova123's review

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

4.5

unerwartet fesselnd geschrieben

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Torture, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Antisemitism and War

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.25

I don’t know why I didn’t expect a book published in 1942 to include WWII.  It was quite dark and definitely reminded me of other stories involving idiot savants.

I half expected everything to take a violent turn but it ended on a rather premature and abrupt note.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

adelekittey's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and War

julee_melii's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Torture

Moderate: Antisemitism and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War