Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

16 reviews

maregred's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship and War

Minor: Bullying

lexcellent's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

orange_treez's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

2.5

 I was honestly waiting to be moved by something in this book but it never happened. While I liked the seasonal description and dialogue there was definitely depth and nuance missing. Probably just because the book is older. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Homophobia

longicauda's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

ashlikes's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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: Ableism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

pansyseed's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, and Alcohol

emileesbooks's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

Minor: War

elisabethreads's review against another edition

dark tense 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

1.0

Gay, and very stupid. I never want to read or talk about this book again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Medical content, and War

alexg52's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

A good read, a good look into codependency, very homoerotic.

amberpoelma's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail