Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

9 reviews

e11en's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

natalies7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.5

I’m starting to really enjoy a western. This is a quirky, brutal and sometimes funny story of two brothers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

emequalsme's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Fantastic, unique take on the classic Western. The narrative is tender and thoughtful, while also cruel and violent. The story of two brothers and the characters they meet along their journeys is enthralling. The protagonist is hopeful and determined, but still a brutal and unpredictable man. I couldn’t put this book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

For a book with the amout of praise this one has had, it was disappointing.  I enjoyed it, but I was expecting so much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Medical content, and Medical trauma

ncoletti's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

aasplund's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Violence

anitaxlit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

It happened 😭 I finished it! What a ride.

I'm baffled that this novel has been so often deemed a comedy (albeit a dark one) when I personally found it so terribly heartbreaking. The narration walks very intelligently along the edge between comedy and tragedy, partly because it is narrated in a very dry style. In certain passages, this creates guffaw-inducing ridiculous situations that serve to deeper accentuate the general bleakness of the reality in which they happen. 

This balance also translates to the themes of the novel, mainly the contrast between cynicism and innocence—by innocence I don't mean naivety but open, genuine curiosity and joy, thoughtful sensitivity, and the ability to perceive things with the eyes of a child.
(not sure if this is a spoiler but just in case)

Charlie and Eli represent each of these two attitudes, but at the same time Eli contains them both within himself. Warm transitions from one to the other. Morris is possibly the character who's closest to fully embodying innocence.

Between picking up and finishing this book I started and finished writing my undergraduate thesis, went on a roadtrip, read at least 5 other books, moved out and started a master's! Many joyous and significant things, and all the while The Sisters Brothers remained in the back of my mind. Just that reason would be enough to remember it fondly, but it's also a novel of particular sensitivity and rawness, and for that I'll cherish it forever. 

And if you've read this, do yourself a favor and watch the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

hburlingame's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Violence