Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

66 reviews

kk_gotit_goinon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It's semi slow but the world building is worth it. I really felt like I was there, living in the world with the characters. It beautiful, sad, hopeful and tragic all at once. Definitely check it out before the show comes out! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Genocide, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and War

smkelly1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Overall, I felt this book was written beautifully. The prose, word choice, flow, and quick chapters left me throughly engaged. Regarding the actual story I felt as if I needed more. I just felt like something was missing to the the whole book together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, War, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cancer, and Genocide

venice_the_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

such a compelling story, i couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, Torture, Bullying, Antisemitism, Child death, and Ableism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

em_gauts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Gore, War, Death, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, and Genocide

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement, Grief, and Death of parent

sakisreads's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

✨ Thrifted ✨

I was not expecting this book to be SUCH A TREASURE. I had picked it up once, decided I wasn’t ready for it, then picked it back up at a time of boredom. Needless to say, I was hooked within the first few chapters.

I was a big fan of the flitting between Marie-Laure and Werner’s perspectives, as most of the chapter endings left me on a cliffhanger and kept me wanting more 🥹
There were some VERY TENSE PARTS (obviously, being in the midst of a war and all) by which I was hooked! This book definitely does require content warnings which I’ll put below.

The only reason why I’m giving this 4.5 out of 5 stars is because there were parts in which there was a little too much descriptive language for my liking 🥲

Anyone involved in Marie-Laure and Werner’s life in a positive manner would have me fighting for them; I would’ve done anything! Daniel (Papa 🥹), Etienne (great uncle), Frau Elena (the orphanage’s housemistress), Frederick (Werner’s best friend), Jutta (Werner’s sister), Madame Manec (the Saint-Malo housekeeper) have my heart ❤️

Spoiler

LOVED the ending as well, when Jutta gets to meet Marie-Laure and interact with Frank Volkheimer (who brings Werner’s bag)! I just thought it was precious and SO necessary ✨

Big fan! Thank you 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Terminal illness, Blood, Bullying, Violence, and War

mdwsn27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, and Ableism

Minor: Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

lwelch94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Violence, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Hate crime, Genocide, Ableism, Xenophobia, War, Antisemitism, Bullying, Rape, Mental illness, Confinement, and Death

kxc319's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Whoever called this book “uplifting” (looking at you, Entertainment Weekly) should be evaluated by a therapist. This is a wonderfully written accurate depiction of the horrors of WWII. It reminds readers just how many lives were destroyed and how little the Reich cared about even their own people. I cried, I sobbed, then I cried some more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Genocide

tuvrok's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Gore, Antisemitism, Suicide, Ableism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Violence, War, and Murder

zosiablue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

5.0

GodDAMN 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Confinement, War, and Dementia

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Racism