Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

9 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

meixymei's review

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

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and War

Moderate: Grief, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

sunn_bleach's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.75

Harrowing yet gorgeous. This book blends the line between reality and story so strongly that I still don't really know what happened to O'Brien and what didn't - and I also don't think that's really the point. This is a meta book, as much about how to write a war novel and the fantasies we tell ourselves as it is about the Vietnam War itself. Hopeful? Perhaps, if survival itself is hopeful. I feel like that's almost an insult to the platoon, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Child death and Cancer

Minor: Sexual violence

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

rachael_jo's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Cursing, Death, and Gore

nimeneth's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, War, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Gore

lauryn_04's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Gore, and Grief

ariam's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

While I was often clueless about some of the terminology and not always invested in the explanations of the action scenes , the writing completely made up for it. I also liked how we came to know about each character, it was super well done given that this isn’t just a linear narrative. The last two chapters were the best in my opinion, wrapped up the book super well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Gore, War, Violence, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

0701mango's review

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, War, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing