All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back #1

Erich Maria Remarque with Arthur Wesley Wheen (Translator), A.W. Wheen (Translator)

215 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Description

Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front is Erich Maria Remarque's masterpiece of the German experience during World War I.I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, deat...

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Moods

sad 86%
emotional 76%
dark 75%
reflective 57%
tense 47%
challenging 37%
informative 24%
adventurous 12%
inspiring 3%
hopeful 2%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 56%
slow 27%
fast 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 53% | A mix: 35% | Plot: 10%

Strong character development?

Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 13% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 62% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 6% | N/A: 3%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 68% | It's complicated: 14% | Yes: 9% | N/A: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 54% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 15% | N/A: 4%

Average rating

3.94

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