Reviews tagging 'Murder'

We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein

6 reviews

winealittlereadalot's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Confinement, Antisemitism, Death, Child death, Gore, Murder, Violence, War, Grief, Infidelity, Hate crime, Death of parent, Genocide, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

dblue236's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.0

Trigger warnings: Genocide, violence, racism, war, child death. 

While this was not one of the biggest standout WWII novels I've read, there were definitely aspects of it that really left an impression. I felt the pace was a little too slow, but the characters were rich and multidimensional and I felt like I was reading about real people. This is definitely not for the faint of heart, but it's an important read, albeit a slightly plodding one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Grief, Antisemitism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Mass/school shootings, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

miss_mary_mac's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Genocide

tfarfan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Death, War, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity

dearkatie's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Beautiful, moving, so very sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Murder

Moderate: Child death

craftyanty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Reading about the traumas and atrocities inflicted upon the Jewish communities of Europe during WWII is never easy.  It shouldn't be.  However Lauren Grodstein manages to do something special with this novel about life in the Warsaw Ghetto.  The best way I can describe it is that, while immersing the reader in that bleak existence of day-to-day survival, she has highlighted the human nature to make connections and find joy even in the most dire, despicable circumstances.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Death, Genocide, Animal death, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility and Murder