Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Niente di nuovo sul fronte occidentale by Erich Maria Remarque

38 reviews

jagrove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

ronan900's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

sophtanda's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

soleil_soleil's review against another edition

This book is too gory for my liking... I found myself more stressed by this reading than enjoying it, so I had to put it down because it wasn't doing me any good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

piaa157's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and War

skiaakari's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

opinkb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mrbean's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A chilling depiction of the unspeakable atrocities of war bared through a humanistic lens, All Quiet on the Western Front timelessly captures the fundamental sickness of the world—of human nature and the futility of conflict combined with the unbearable weight of its history, in pure, utter discord. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Colonisation

philodora's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

_marco_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Words cannot describe the utter anguish one feels after having read this book. I can attempt to explain it away, but there is no way I can possibly do it justice. 

All Quiet on the Western Front is A very difficult read, in the sense of its content, however I do believe that it is a necessary one. Set in the Eastern Front of WWI, the story follows a group of young German soldiers as they experience the man-made horrors of war. Themes of loss, fear, courage, humanity, and love are explored in extreme depth and detail. After finishing, amidst tears I was left with complete despair and a renewed reverence for human life and all that makes it sacred. This read will definitely stay with me long after I’ve placed the book back on the shelf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail