Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

13 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

brireads43's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

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

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

phoebewerling's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, War, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, and Death

danitza's review against another edition

This book was picked for my book club. I really tried to give it a chance even though I hate media about war. 

BUT I knew I wouldn’t be able to tolerate it when the whole first chapter is this guy’s internal monologue on whether the girl he likes really is a virgin or not. Maybe I’m just sensitive and don’t love reading about literal war crimes but the author’s attitude seemed almost aloof when describing the atrocities he saw. The attitude I got from it was “its a war and things are different in war and the same rules don’t apply.” Maybe his attitude would have changed had I read further, but I wasn’t interested in finding out.

War time atrocities aside, I cant even say this book was well written. I found it extremely repetitive and pseudo intellectual. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

annabel_english's review

dark funny reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, and War

deadamericanwriter's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, War, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

marthadude's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

This is the first time rereading this book since high school. Even though I feel as though it's missing some of the first read magic for me, it still holds up. Definitely a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Murder, Drug use, Grief, and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, and Cultural appropriation

ciarammeyer's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

read for school and it’s probably a much better read if intrinsically motivated! i struggled to get lost in the book due to the short story format. brilliant job of addressing topics of moral ambiguity, truth vs fiction, and what war can do to a person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Racism