Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

1 review

illgiveyouahint's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

The book is really hard to get into, but I was willing to give it a chance, however when the author started describing

how all the men in the village wanted to fuck the 14-year old girl

I started to really hate parts of the book. Then he continued with

talking at lengths about how all the women wanted to fuck that 10 year old boy with his dead arm

and just WTF man. Who wants to read that? Why would I want to read that, and why did you put so much focus on that. I think there were parts that were good. When we got to the topic of the war itself, it was good, but just I couldn't enjoy the book because of all of THAT. So yeah. In the end, I was pushing myself to finish it faster just so I can get it over with and focus on something more enjoyable.
I'm also questioning if I actually want the book at my home, or if I'll try to sell it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, War, Child death, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Antisemitism, Suicide, Rape, Infidelity, and Genocide