Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

26 reviews

julievancan's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was entirely gripped by this devastating story. As other reviews note, the descriptions of trench warfare are viscerally violent and relentless bleak, but Winn brings humanity and intimacy to the love story, which is the beating, bleeding heart of this beautiful novel.

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laurennicole98's review

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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arayo's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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bowl's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I feel nothing and everything at the same time thanks to that ending.

If you love Song of Achilles and All Quiet on the Western Front, this will be your new favorite book (I’m speaking from experience)!

There are literally no flaws with this book and I would give it a 30/5 if I could, but alas. Read this book, you will not regret it.

Gaunt and Ellwood are straight up by new favorite tragic couple. Like, they are so Achilles and Patroclus coded it’s insane, yet they are more tragic than them. I will be thinking about them for a *long time.*

This is also the first time I’ve cried reading a book in a *long* while. Everything about this book seeps of bittersweetness and melancholy, and for good reason! This book is up there with some of the best depictions of WWI I’ve ever read or seen. I found everything incredibly easy to visualize (it was almost too vivid at times,,).

Beware the content warnings though. As said before, it’s set in WWI and it has several incredibly graphic descriptions of death and trench life. And homophobia, for obvious reasons.

Does this make sense? I don’t think it makes sense but I’m writing this at 3 AM through ugly tears so I’ll give myself a pass.

TLDR: This might be my new favorite book. I am going insane and need to talk about this book with someone. Just- read it!!

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loveinpanels's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5


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amydave's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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