Reviews tagging 'War'

We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen

10 reviews

lockem18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

stitchling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Colonisation

reanlu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

A must read. Should be taught in schools.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

traceyreads2's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

I have an odd interest in novels and non fiction that takes place on ships. While there were a couple of brief moments in the book that I personally felt were either unnecessary or could of been written in a slightly different context I still enjoyed the vast majority of the story and would read more from this author in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, and War

Minor: Alcoholism and Murder

kbhenrickson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is challenging for me to review. It is a very long multigenerational saga made up of many stories from the interconnected lives of the residents of a small town in Denmark from the early 1800s until the end of World War II. Some of the stories are completely engrossing, some are a little tedious, many are a bit grim. It is told from a strange perspective - unnamed residents (we) observing all of the events or listening to first-person accounts being told by a different resident. Everything is filtered through a very male perspective - this is not a positive or a negative. The women characters, however, (of which there aren't many) tend to be either victims or manipulative (or both), which I found a bit tiresome. Overall, it's kind of a downer, but it is very well told. The audiobook narrator does an excellent job, and I'm glad I ended up listening to the book rather than eye-reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Murder

silvae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide

cloveofgarlic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Excrement, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

juliedufour's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

solamedeo's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

hassettreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Death and War