Reviews tagging 'Blood'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

71 reviews

barrymeinbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Dementia, and War

deestreet's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, and Terminal illness

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I did like this book, but it was a slow read, and I struggled with how I felt about one of the main characters. I didn’t like what he was doing but at the same time, I knew he had no choice, and ultimately was very sad at what ended up happening. It’s not often that a book can shock me, and this one SHOOK me at the ending. Overall, I liked it but I wouldn’t reread and I wish it would have had an underlying subplot to make it more interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

jules_farkas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide and Antisemitism

Minor: Rape

izzy_14's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, and Death of parent

toricall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A good read with even better characters. This is a book that I typically wouldn’t read, but I’m glad I did. 

The character development throughout this story is what makes this book so lovable. Each character, good or bad, had a storyline with a beginning, middle, and end. I found myself liking even “minor” characters as they all made a crucial part of the main characters story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Rape, Blood, and Antisemitism

The book takes place in Europe during World War 2

emilyjamison14's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

4.0

Beautifully layered writing - the story unfolds in such a way that sometimes I would think “Did I somehow miss something huge in a previous chapter?” but it was all intentional. I liked how the author uses Marie-Laure’s blindness as part of the story: there are vivid descriptions of sounds and smells,

and there is also a scene where I wasn’t 100% sure who she was interacting with without a physical description of the character.

This book is heartbreaking, and I would definitely check the content warnings.

Frederick’s story absolutely devastated me, as he was my favorite character. I did really appreciate Werner’s character arc as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Rape, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

mscalls's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

ameliabeimler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Classism

caromon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation