Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

18 reviews

134340's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Drug abuse, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Drug use, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Sexual harassment

theminnesotawitch's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? No

4.75

A book about the horrors of the vietnam war. It's very reflective and beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Colonisation, Drug use, War, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Suicide

brotestantethic's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

(Reread.) I read this mainly because I knew I wanted a good book, and I wanted to know if it’s held up since I was 17. It has. O’Brien has an imaginative and unique literary voice that sticks with you and influences the way you see the world. His magical realism—both hidden and self aware, to the point where you’ll never know where he’s going—makes this one of the most completing reads of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Animal cruelty

readjaneread's review

challenging informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, War, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Child death

inkandbooksforever's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Drug use, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, War, Self harm, Gore, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, Colonisation, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

elizabethstrachan's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

I read this in high school, but I barely remembered anything besides how I felt afterward. Vietnam veterans weren't treated well when they got home, and this book gives an idea of all they went through over there. I mean, they were barely grown up and drafted into a war that killed a ton of people. Some of the stuff from the book I didn't support.

The poor baby buffalo didn't deserve to be tortured just because the guy's friend died. I felt for him, but it doesn't excuse torturing a helpless animal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

huddlekay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What a Beautifully written picture of a horrible time in History. O'Brien's storytelling is unique and fantastic. Beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Torture, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and War

lauren_e_d's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I really liked this book even though it was for school. I really liked how each chapter or every few felt like a mini vignette. There was a new story every time, not linear, which felt very realistic to the war memories it recreated. It was very emotional and reflective and I really liked how we saw the good but also the negative aspects of war and everyone’s character because that is the reality of humanity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt

laurasilver's review

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Animal death

alusig's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Suicide and Xenophobia