Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

32 reviews

lukel's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Cannibalism, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement

josefineisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I mean I’m glad I read it. As another reviewer said it was like an info dump, an absolute overload of information. The plot moved along slowly that I really had to force myself to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

jeanne05's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

wet_towlette's review

medium-paced

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

4.25

I thought I knew what was goes on and then the book ended and I feel kinda stupid. It was really good though     .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence

sskalon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

lilyemmaaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism, Blood, War, and Vomit

abbruzzese's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare."

i get it. i understand it now, the hype around this book, the reason it's touched the shelves of white women in book clubs everywhere, why it's shown up on every list of "100 books to read before you die" i've ever looked at.

the writing was high-quality. the plot was enthralling. the philosophical and religious bits were so beautifully communicated that, not only did i not mind reading them, i actually enjoyed them. before i started reading, i was worried i'd grow bored of reading about a monotonous struggle, but this wasn't the case at all; the story is structured in such a way that the events of pi's journey are, yes, told in regards to particular days, but also largely in chapters that focus on types of events or certain themes, rather than repetitive day-by-day recaps. this book has my most favourite element of any kind of story: a character facing the most bleak and unlikely odds of survival, yet doing so with grit and determination and an unrelenting refusal to die. call me old fashioned, but a human hellbent on surviving is my favourite kind of human.

i have nothing but praise of the highest order for this book. i can't even express in words how moved i am by it, how grateful i am that i decided to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Excrement, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

the middle of chapter 99 has graphic descriptions of death, violence, blood, cannibalism, murder, and death. skipping that part does not (in my opinion) affect your experience or understanding of the story.

gabrielleclarke05's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Very good, I just wish it didn’t take half of the book to actually get into the plot but after that it was great. I enjoyed the characters and the twist was fun the pacing was just off

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Vomit, Death, Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Self harm

kirstinbuchan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

frankieclc's review against another edition

5.0

chapter 99!!!!????????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Gore, and Cannibalism