Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Krieg der Welten by Andreas Fröhlich, H.G. Wells

17 reviews

bookishchef's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.75

Probably very impressive for its time, but nothing special now. The story meanders and sometimes manages to be boring (which is almost an achievement for a book so short). Over all, I thought it was okay although the blatant sexism did take me out of the story many times over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, and Cannibalism

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

effys's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, it took me a while to get through as this hasn’t been my month for reading but I loved every second of it. It got into the action pretty quickly and kept you curious about what was next throughout. I think it also showed how different types of people would react in this kind of scenario and how peoples reactions effected the way things happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, and Alcohol

michayla13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

thelunarmouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

anjasshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.0

Considering the time this was written in, I appreciate the author's imagination. And I generally like stories in which a character goes on a journey and witnesses things/meets people along the way. Especially if it's tied in with a catastrophic event everyone is experiencing. And this would have been terrifying and emotional ... if I liked the writing. I just didn't. So I really loved the idea but the reading experience wasn't great. I'm glad I finally read it, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, and Violence