Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

53 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

deathmetalheron's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, War, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Addiction, Blood, and Racism

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Hate crime, Bullying, Colonisation, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Racial slurs

nataliegoodman13's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

For me, the difference between a 4 star and a 5 star is how often I think about it. I’ve thought about this book so frequently, and I’ve talked about it with practically every veteran I know. Can’t recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

gabibartmann's review

Extremely sad to read, additionally, I lost the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Drug use, and Ableism

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

solareclipse's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death and Violence

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