Reviews tagging 'Death'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

284 reviews

mirandyli's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was beautifully written at times. The plot dragged and I’m not sure how it won a Pulitzer.

And by the end it has you sympathizing with a damn Nazi which had me feeling very uncomfortable.

Don’t read unless you like historical war fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lindseykatelin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

I truly went into this book not knowing much, so I feel like I should’ve been a little more prepared. For the content and time period, it didn’t feel too terribly heavy or intense even though what they were going through definitely was. I think some of the worst things were brushed over. The audiobook got me through the majority of the book, but I enjoyed reading it physically to finish it up and sit with the story snd characters a little bit longer. Overall, I enjoyed it but I’m gonna need a little break from these literary books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Rape

frostyjflakes's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, and War

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

gotto's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Rape

mockingjayx16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

anderson27paige's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

This was overall a good book. However, it does not rank higher for me for several reasons. Certain portions of the book were impactful, with beautiful writing, but it was more often that there was not enough action to keep me interested in reading. This book's topic is very profound, by nature, so I feel that the larger theme of the ways war and life ravage us is solidified, but there was something off about the character stories and the way they intertwined that's hard to put a finger on, but that prevented this book from being a 4 or 5 star. It was good, it was moderately impactful, but I don't think I would recommend this to anyone unless they were super in to historical fiction, mainly because it's a slower read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Sexual assault

It's about the holocaust, so that should give an idea of some of the content warnings.

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

redmoondiary's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

šiaip patiko

man patiko i guess kad kaip mirė Verneris buvo jo pačio darbas, tai nebuvo, kad jį kažkas nužudė ar pan. jis tiesiog pats krito nuo savo rankos. karma i guess. Šiaip retai būna, kad knyga mane priverčia susigalvoti/rimčiau pagalvoti apie skaitomą dalyką, bet tie keli skyriai, kuriuose kalbama apie gyvenimą po karo truputi privertė pagalvoti apie taip kaip mes žiūrime į žmones, kurie patyrė visus šitus dalykus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Rape