Reviews tagging 'War'

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

12 reviews

msaggy's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

This is my first Richard Wagamese novel, and the words he chose to fill this book showcase a remarkable craftsmanship evident on every page. It's an emotional and weighty, yet beautiful novel. Solid four stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Cursing, Addiction, Grief, War, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Vomit

whitedaylilies's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and War

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, War, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Colonisation, and Death

ehrenb's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: War

Minor: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

scmiller's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

4.6/5 It made my heart ache and my throat swell. Painful, irreparable, but fruitful in lessons and relationships.

There was something particularly gutting in the way Frank’s father loved his mother, and that despite it being true, it still wasn’t enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, Physical abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

mia_belanger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, War, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Misogyny and Grief

ilyrs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Alcoholism

Minor: Medical trauma

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Racial slurs, War, Addiction, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Infidelity, and Sexual content

justmeandmybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Sexual content

Moderate: War and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, and Racism

isabella_sans_merci's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I rarely enjoy the books I have to read for school. I also rarely enjoy Canadian fiction. This book is so masterfully constructed I enjoyed it almost in spite of myself. It was so powerful in what it didn’t say right out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Vomit

Moderate: War

Minor: Racism and Sexual content