Reviews tagging 'War'

Incendies by Wajdi Mouawad

24 reviews

suzylit's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

mrouanet_'s review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and War

slugsam's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Death of parent

aliciagubieda's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Rape

eve_ross_artist's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved this book! It was a great storyline and script in general. I loved the emotional journey all of the characters went through. It made the book that much better. I read this book for school and I really appreciated it. It was great, definitely recommend for theatre goers who speak french!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

emma_mon1's review

dark fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Incest, and Rape

Minor: War

lysa's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

Moderate: Violence and War

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

vittoriav's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Good,
Ending was fucked up tho
Incest plot friends. Uhuh. And I had to read it for school 😙✌️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

punisher's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Death, Hate crime, and Murder