Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Niente di nuovo sul fronte occidentale by Erich Maria Remarque

38 reviews

diddlydoo333's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

clara_mai's review against another edition

5.0

 Erich Maria Remarque erzählt auf gleichzeitig schöne und schreckliche, in jedem Fall eindringliche Weise davon, was der erste Weltkrieg mit den Soldaten machte. Er beschreibt wie der Krieg sinnlos das Leben junger Menschen zerstört, auch wenn sie ihn überleben. Wie in der Widmung des Buches steht: Dieses Buch soll weder eine Anklage noch ein Bekenntnis sein. Es soll nur den Versuch machen, über eine Generation zu berichten, die vom Kriege zerstört wurde – auch wenn sie seinen Granaten entkam. Hier noch ein paar weitere Zitate:

Wir haben alles Gefühl füreinander verloren, wir kennen uns kaum noch, wenn das Bild des andern in unseren gejagten Blick fällt.

Wir sind verlassen wie Kinder und erfahren wie alte Leute, wir sind roh und traurig und oberflächlich - ich glaube wir sind verloren.

Abends stehen sie wieder am Gitter und der Wind kommt von den Birkenwäldern zu ihnen. Die Sterne sind kalt.

Unsere Gedanken sind Lehm, sie werden geknetet vom Wechsel der Tage

Unsere Hände sind Erde, unsere Körper Lehm und unsere Augen Regentümpel. Wir wissen nicht, ob wir noch leben.

Da das Buch 1929 veröffentlicht wurde, enthält es ein paar veraltete Begriffe, das möchte ich erwähnen. Die Art, wie vom Protagonisten und den anderen Soldaten über Frauen gesprochen wird, ist nicht immer angenehm - meistens einfach sexualisiert - aber so wahrscheinlich authentisch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This book expresses a human aspect to war; giving faces, names, occupations, and families to the young German soldiers of WWI. Their deaths are all impactful, none more than Kat, but the need to keep fighting both the war itself and the internal struggles Paul feels brush the trauma of those deaths out of view without trivializing it. The switch at the end from a first person, personalized account, to a third person omniscient narrator finishes that action by showing the outcome of all of those traumas washing over him like a wave as the rumors of the wars near end reach him. This novel begs the questions of what happens when war is over, when all you've known in your adult life is war; what happens when everyone you hold dear, who knows you as you are and not how you were is gone; and what does it mean to feel alive? War is not something that can value life of any sort, in any way, and this book captures that essence of loss perfectly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jaytb's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

giulia_bis's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Racial slurs, and Medical content

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

koenaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

joshreeves's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

milliewhattt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

venomousmushrooms's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Violence