Reviews tagging 'War'

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

13 reviews

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

3.25

Lots of super great emotional and poignant parts in this book, but I was pretty off-put by the frequent dropping of the R-slur, and casual references to incest, pedophilia, sexual trauma, and how shockingly fine everyone was with a nine year old walking around NYC alone? Part mesmerizing and part bizarre… I understand the hype but I feel this missed the mark for me a bit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Grief, Bullying, Mental illness, Child death, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, War, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Miscarriage

lily_eames's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

This is one of the most unique, interesting books I’ve ever read. The structure is unlike anything else. Can I honestly say that I enjoyed every part of it? Nope. I was even severely uncomfortable at times. However, it was still incredibly well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, War, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content

reed_ing's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, War, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Child death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicidal thoughts

rachieannie's review

emotional funny 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? No

5.0

a multi-generational story of grief and the lasting effects of war, mostly through a lens of a 9 year old boy on a mission

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: War

Minor: Self harm

mcoleman1250's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

augustst's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, War, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Incest

ljohns118's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Very interesting read, I love books with POV changes, and though some weird things were going on in that family I liked the book overall. Somewhat sad/had some major sad parts, but not too sad and the end was really good. An interesting way to write about loss and it was cool to read the dialogue with the grandpa. I still imagine him and the grandma in the airport.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Incest

gymbeannz's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Self harm

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Bullying, Cursing, Incest, Suicide, and War

hadeshotline's review

challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Child death, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Islamophobia, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Homophobia

zaraha's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, War, and Self harm