Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

40 reviews

ryleej13's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gore and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism

mjones14's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Really though I was going to like this more than I did. I think all in all the film is better than the book, but I presume this is because I don't read much nonfiction which this is in the style of. Beautiful world building though and impressive in its global scope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Alcohol

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

Some cool and interesting perspectives you wouldn't usually hear from in a zombie/apocalypse story. The sheer number of people and accounts made it a bit repetitive sometimes. But some of the accounts were just excellent zombie short stories on their own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Death of parent

corabookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jazhandz's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

royallyreading's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicide

therealratking's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

"Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature."

Whats the book about?
World War Z is comprised of multiple short stories from many diverse people across the globe. The book is set out in an interview type format and follows the rise and fall of the zombie war as perceived from different types of people.
Whats my opinion?
This is an excellent book for those who like alternate histories. The individual stories feel realistic and the low-simmer ever present horror of the undead adds an overarching tension that worms its way deep into your brain. Another element i loved about this book is its commentary on human nature and how society may react when faced with a seemingly invincible enemy.
I highly recommend this book to fans of zombies, history, science and realism.
One criticism is that their were very few female charcters and their personalities felt stereotypically shallow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, and Cannibalism

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

I really enjoy seeing the human side of wars, even fictional ones. The short interview style lent itself to exploring so many perspectives and things I never would have considered to think about. (The people left on the ISS!!) I was just disappointed at the ratio of interviews that were from men as opposed to women, the balance was really off. Like 1/10 might have been women. Probably less.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

clarabooksit's review against another edition

The representation in this is super offensive. Nearly every character is a stereotype, they all spout offhand bigoted comments that often have no bearing on the narrative, and the racism and xenophobia go way beyond the in-story narrative elements that mirror real world responses to crises and pandemics. Not to mention the overt sexism and poorly written women. All this adds up to a big old “Nope” from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, and Medical trauma