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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

29 reviews

lovelikethiswillendintragedy's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Really makes you think!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Gore, and Excrement

Moderate: Suicide

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

createandchaos's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Tim O'Brien's writing style is one I've never encountered before but it kept me hooked. The war stories he recounts tells his and fellow soldiers stories and what the war was like for them. The Things They Carried is a hauntingly beautiful story about what war did to them and others in their position. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and War

Moderate: Racism and Suicide

bribree's review

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

km4reading's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I read this for my English class so I honestly wasn’t expecting much, but I really enjoyed it. It is an interesting style of writing but I loved it. The way that Tim O’Brien shares his experiences through storytelling paints such a vivid picture and really allows you to feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Gore, Self harm, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

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

m33p_m0rp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I had to read it for school. Overall a pretty good book, especially if you enjoy historical stories. Some of the chapters were super long but the writing was good. The descriptions were also very….. descriptive to say the least

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Cancer

serenity_by_jan's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Well-written reflection on the experience and consequences of war. The writing style is rather flowery and can be verbose at times, but overall it was a good read. although it is a compilation of “war stories“, it is very centralized around characters and their relationships with one another and themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Violence, War, Gun violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault