Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut

19 reviews

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

soupply's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

alexandra_skl's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

A fantastic and thought provoking book that serves as a master class in how to write a chilling and engaging anti war story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lastsilversunset's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Car accident

_morgan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective medium-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: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

urfavpunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, and Excrement

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

tiinamiau's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy

fruitysaz's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

it’s time for my favourite game: time travel or severely debilitating ptsd! you decide!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

laval's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Most of my warning come from the fact that this takes place during World War Two. A bombing is an event of the book, which I would not consider as it is mentioned within the first few pages of the book. So just be cautious as any events that make you upset about wwii is most likely in here.