Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

56 reviews

eliaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, and Suicide attempt

crusoe's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Positives. World War Z is a brilliant piece of speculative fiction that realistically explores how a war on zombies (or any major world war for that matter) functions. The interviews with different individuals who survived the war feel extremely realistic, from their different approaches to the war rooted in their culture and personal experience, to the easy ways in which they talk about their expertise. It is fantastically written and showcases every angle and emotion you might find in a war like this without getting lost in the detail.

Dislikes. Many characters are introduced throughout the interviews and at the end, when they are revisited, this makes it harder to keep track whose story is being continued. Other than that, no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wren_fox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

One of the best zombie books I've read. The intertwining of people's experience made it feel almost real. By moving around the globe it felt less US centred and more global than other books like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

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

imaginedaisies91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

The story-telling is highly immersive, giving the reader a close look at the experiences of individuals through a documentary-like interview format. The variety of stories from different people in different situations and occupations really adds volumes to diversify the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

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

searchbox's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

So well written and a good commentary on us as a species in so many ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War

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

books_n_bananas's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and War