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carlytenille's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gore, Gun violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Death
abicaro17's review against another edition
- 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
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
jumpingjacksofy's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
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
4.75
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
- 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
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
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Animal death, Violence, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
em33's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, War, Death, Medical trauma, Animal death, and Medical content
jagrove's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Violence, War, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
Moderate: Blood and Animal death
saraaaa's review against another edition
4.75
I feel like the author went for an explicitly didascalic approach, unambiguously denouncing the horrors of the war through the first person account of the young protagonist's personal experiences and reflections.
The strong accent on the loss of youthful dreams and teenage convictions makes it, in a way, a hybrid between a war novel and a bildungsroman.
The style was poetic at times, especially when reporting the protagonist's considerations, then moving to a kind of matter-of-factly journalistic style when describing the soldiers' routine and daily sufferings.
Last but not least, it's the first – and so far the only – war novel I read that managed to give a realistic account of a teenage boy's perspective on women and sexual attraction without falling into misogyny.
Graphic: Body horror, War, Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer and Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, and Racial slurs
logar86's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, War, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gun violence, and Blood