Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

20 reviews

iriwindel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Gore, Abortion, Suicide, Blood, and Infidelity

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Homophobia

minniepauline's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I felt as though I was time-traveling, reading this novel. Waters’ research is meticulous, but she never lets you see it. Instead she creates a very believable 1940s London, and weaves her characters lives in and around the horrors of the war and its aftermath, as if they’re friends and neighbors. I think I know what a five-star book is, and then I read something like this and I wish there were more stars to give.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Gore, Death, and Blood

laurenw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: Antisemitism

frances_frances's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is basically a series of vignettes of 4 specific people's lives. There's no plot; instead there's a running narrative of the characters daily experiences during and after the war. This was sometimes really interesting and sometimes a tad boring. However, Sarah Waters' writing is so beautiful and engaging that it makes slow, drawn out stories become compelling page turners. The Night Watch is the last Waters novel I had left to read. I have my favorite books of her's (Fingersmith and The Little Stranger), but all of them are well worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, War, Death, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death

elaoise_benson's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Suicide

gravys's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Pregnancy, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Abortion, and War

lpats82's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed the reverse timeline of the story which slowly clarified unanswered questions as I went on. My enjoyment and pace of reading increased as i went along.
The description of wartime London was suitability difficult to read at times. An accurate description: brutal and honest. 
For me, the female characters were all a little too similar. Waters focus seemed to be mainly on their sexual orientation rather that other aspects of their lives. I also felt that Duncan's character was a little disjointed from the others and the final part of the story somewhat rushed. Perhaps he needed a little more storytelling of his own. 
Not quite a 5 star from me, but an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Abortion, Sexual content, and War

lilly_anne's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, Self harm, War, Blood, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual content, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury

afion's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Body horror, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Transphobia

Moderate: Confinement

ellislilylovestoread's review

slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Self harm, and War

Moderate: Homophobia