Reviews tagging 'War'

Human Acts by Han Kang

67 reviews

dreamvials's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Police brutality, and War

abbyarm's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jiao_li's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and War

emmalouisereads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is quite a tough read. It portrays the atrocities of the event very vividly.

The book uses different writing styles, such as some chapters being in second person (although not the same consistent ‘you’ throughout), and one chapter told from the perspective of one of the dead. Although these were interesting, I personally found it quite hard to follow the plot because of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

kiramke's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death and Violence

maddiejoyce's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, and War

stairsflynnmore's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, and War

romcomapologist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

if i could give this book 6 stars, i would. if i had read this with nothing on my plate i would’ve been reduced to a puddle on the floor, never to be materialised again. can’t give a full review here bc it’s a lot to process, but i’ll end on saying this is one of those books i would recommend everyone learn about and read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, and War

catandherbooks's review against another edition

sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Probably should've taken my time reading this but couldn't help but devour it in two days. It's incredibly sad and heartbreaking, especially since it's based on real life events, but the writing is beautiful and these stories deserved to be told. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

martasshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicide