Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

4 reviews

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

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

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

friendlypoet's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Minor: Misogyny, Colonisation, and Racial slurs