Reviews tagging 'War'

Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

6 reviews

catatlanta's review against another edition

challenging sad

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

i mean it wasn’t badly written but why would you write this. if johannes has 0 haters i’m dead

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

amberspej's review

Honestly this is one of those occasions where I think the movie is better than the book. I think Taika took this story in a better direction. I got to about 50% when I couldn't really stand listening to Johannes go on and on about Elsa and how he practically owned her. Just not my thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

tlbignerd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Great book I read after seeing Jo Jo Rabbit. I really think the movie did the right thing, ending at about halfway through the book. The second half is almost a different story, and really changes things, and is incredibly troubling and thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and War

kkalicky94's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

bells100's review

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

flordemaga's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Xenophobia