Reviews tagging 'War'

S.: A Novel about the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulić

9 reviews

342718's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and War

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

ivywwx's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Rape, and War

Moderate: Incest

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a tough read. But a very important one. And the writing reflects the survival mode of the main character perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

hbelle01's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is phenomenally written, but a very painful read. Do not read this if you are in a bad headspace. It is, however, an important read if you can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: War

rocko_granato's review against another edition

4.5

This is more than a book. I am not the same person after reading it.  I will have to forget this, but will I be able to? To this day, only a tiny fraction of rape camp soldiers had to answer for their crimes. They are still among us: they are fathers and brothers, grandfathers and uncles and work colleagues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

jokehelldo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Deportation

daphned's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Abortion

niinabulic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, and War