Reviews tagging 'Death'

Les Frères Sisters by Emmanuelle & Philippe Aronson, Patrick deWitt

10 reviews

bexh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

katari636's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

If I could give this book negative stars I would. It’s unnecessarily gross and vulgar and has taken me forever to get through because it’s mostly whiney, stream of consciousness dribble from one of the character’s thoughts. Don’t waste your time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder

noonjinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Hired killers, Charlie and Eli Sisters travel from Oregon City to San Francisco to murder Herman Warm. On the way, one of them starts to question their line of business. The first half of the book is a surreal, dream-like ramble through an Old West populated with bizarre and wonderful characters. The second half gets a bit more plot bound and moves from comedy to tragedy via a parade of grisly deaths. The whole thing is very readable, funny, sad and strangely beautiful. Definitely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

impla77's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.5

A charming, quite funny romp with an intriguing background and solid prose. The main plot wasn’t up to much and character exploration seemed surface level to me, but still an enjoyable time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism

alicroz34's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Medical content, and Medical trauma

ncoletti's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

aasplund's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Violence

anitaxlit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

It happened 😭 I finished it! What a ride.

I'm baffled that this novel has been so often deemed a comedy (albeit a dark one) when I personally found it so terribly heartbreaking. The narration walks very intelligently along the edge between comedy and tragedy, partly because it is narrated in a very dry style. In certain passages, this creates guffaw-inducing ridiculous situations that serve to deeper accentuate the general bleakness of the reality in which they happen. 

This balance also translates to the themes of the novel, mainly the contrast between cynicism and innocence—by innocence I don't mean naivety but open, genuine curiosity and joy, thoughtful sensitivity, and the ability to perceive things with the eyes of a child.
(not sure if this is a spoiler but just in case)

Charlie and Eli represent each of these two attitudes, but at the same time Eli contains them both within himself. Warm transitions from one to the other. Morris is possibly the character who's closest to fully embodying innocence.

Between picking up and finishing this book I started and finished writing my undergraduate thesis, went on a roadtrip, read at least 5 other books, moved out and started a master's! Many joyous and significant things, and all the while The Sisters Brothers remained in the back of my mind. Just that reason would be enough to remember it fondly, but it's also a novel of particular sensitivity and rawness, and for that I'll cherish it forever. 

And if you've read this, do yourself a favor and watch the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

hburlingame's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Violence