Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

23 reviews

snowwpuppet's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

rachelmorag's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation

gretaslittlelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

,Let's face it, the world war II genre is overplayed. The writing here wasn't bad, it was good even, but the plot mostly lost me. It mainly follows two people, a blind French girl and an orphaned German boy as they grow up in Europe. The plot just doesn't feel very grabbing or original to me, it's your standard world war II book, with a bit of romance and, for some reason fantasy, thrown in unnecessarily. The short-lived romance between the two main characters seems odd and forced and the up in the air magical artifact McGuffin that then has no actual plot value is downright strange. Honestly, the best parts of this book are the ones that focus on the German boy's sister, and fellow soldier, but even those aren't very original. There's simply so much of the same world war II book a person can read without getting tired of the same old schtick, and this hit the limit for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This book was beautifully written but it is about a Nazi who falls in love with a blind girl and the author making a sympathetic Nazi makes me profoundly uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

cutepatzie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

I am not a fan of war books. But this was surprisingly amazing. I enjoy it so much. It's a heavy book, especially if you were born in Europe. And you can understand the fear, violence, and brutality of war. The story was amazingly written. Just a great book. And also love the representation of a blind person in book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

lacey_wi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and War

johannafrth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

1.5

the story is tragic and heavy and that's exactly the way it felt reading the book. uneasy, oppressing, frightening. the atmosphere of the plot and the situation during WWII were well matched and projected onto the reader which made the story feel extremely real. i really appreciated the style of writing. highly poetical and tragical and so beautiful. apart from that i was a little underwhelmed. the different storylines and time jumps were confusing from time to time and it took some time to get used to it. also, at some points the story felt very repetitive and dragged and i think it could have been done with at least 100 pages less. what i really liked however were the extremely well researched background and historical information which added to the feeling and realness of the plot i mentioned at the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Antisemitism

alaskayoung1734's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

I love this book so much. It has a bit of a slow start but it is 100% worth continuing. I read it in 5 days. Truly amazing. It gives a really deep and immersive look into ww2. I would definitely recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Rape and Terminal illness

janan'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis