Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

34 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Ok this was better than I thought it would be. I read this after I heard about the movie and I don't regret it. Paul is a younger German soldier on the front lines of WW1 who struggles to understand the horrors of war and the trenches. The story is centered around Paul and his 7 classmates. This book, while very serious and somber, reads like a diary. Everything feels past tense but also like it happened a few hours ago not a few years ago. There's almost no dialogue and huge chunks of exposition or philosophical thoughts. This combined with the long chapters made it a difficult read. It's very slow and there isn't a ton of action. It's definitely geared towards history nerds and as someone who likes history but prefers english this was a hard read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cursing, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Violence, War, Murder, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Child death, Vomit, and Abandonment

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review

dark emotional reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Grief, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

abiofpellinor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, and Alcohol

jumpingjacksofy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Beautifully written.  The rhythm of Erich Maria Remarque’s poetic prose is a treat to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, War, and Gore

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide

lilygrace1113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, War, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Gun violence, and Gore

kendyllgull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, War, Violence, Medical content, Body horror, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gore, Blood, and Excrement

Moderate: Sexual content

connectedwings's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Animal death, Violence, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Medical content

em33's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.5

 Very poignant book. A good easy read, that is very powerful, very real. Very sad and eye opening to the realities of war and how modern warfare has changed because of the actions of the First World War. As a British person we don’t learn about how it was for the Germans fighting in the wars and actually they are still only humans, being forced to fight a war they didn’t decided to join. And they had it far worse than the British and allied forces when it came to how they were treated by their own country. It makes it easier to understand soldiers point of view. They didn’t want to be there. They didn’t want to die. They had no choice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Death, Medical trauma, Animal death, and Medical content

ronan900's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Sexual content