Reviews tagging 'Death'

We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

20 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This took a while, and I walked to DNF it so many times early on. There were too many characters to track, and I kept getting lost in the story. Plus I generally don’t love WWII as a genre. Glad I stuck with it. Payoff was worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

craftyanty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Finally got around to reading this book after having it sit on my TBR list for years.  Halfway through, I found out it is a true story (I either forgot or never knew.), and that made it even more engaging. 

I'd planned to read the ebook but ended up doing audio. That made it a bit hard to keep track of exactly how all the people were related though I could still keep track of each of the storylines without much fuss thanks to the narrator, Kathleen Gati.  She was so good at languages, accents, etc. that she made me feel as I was witnessing the story unfold in each of the parts of the world it was set in. I will definitely be looking for more of Gati's narrations.  I also can't wait for the Hulu series to stream later this week. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and War

picho_vm's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

myworldtoread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, and War

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Gun violence, and War

via_email's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Police brutality and Pregnancy

Minor: Excrement

notevahere's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Death

melarie's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Antisemitism