Reviews tagging 'War'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

418 reviews

amaya_s's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Death, Child death, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief

tiaroseshang's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, and Antisemitism

painteed_12's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

"Ela não teria dificuldade em chamar-lhe papá."

QUE LIVRO. 
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Decidi ler este livro porque ia a Berlim, apesar de apenas o acabar depois do fim da viagem, foi um enriquecimento histórico necessário.
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Este livro conta-nos a história de Liesel, uma rapariga nova que vai viver na rua Himmel, porque a sua mãe não tem condições para cuidar dela. Aí conhece os novos pais dela, Rudy, e mais pessoas que vão mudar a sua vida, e que vão ver a sua vida mudada por ela. 
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Uma coisa que gostei imenso neste livro foi que a história inteira é narrada pela morte, apesar de ela dar spoilers... É uma perspetiva que nos dá uma visão diferente da história destas pessoas e desta época no geral, combinada com a perspetiva de uma rapariga mais nova que gosta de roubar livros e cresce durante a 2ª guerra mundial.
Também gostei bastante que no livro o autor não tentou romantizar ou deixar mais "soft" a história. O final destruiu-me. E não só o final, outras partes também. Claro que houve momentos mais felizes, mas o autor retratou algumas cenas da guerra como deviam mesmo ser, traumatizantes e horríveis. 
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Este livro devia ser um clássico, se já não o é. 
Quero mesmo ver o filme agora.

"Matou-se por querer viver."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Antisemitism, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

elmmegan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Violence and Gore

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful, but very sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, War, Child death, Antisemitism, Blood, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Genocide, Murder, and Physical abuse

pluie_de_printemps's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Antisemitism, Deportation, Genocide, Death, and War

nicolelilac's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, and War

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

readmekate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.25

This is a classic book. I went in understanding the premise but expecting a ya book that skirts around the edges of darker topics. For the most part it doesn't. Also the writing is so beautiful, and I cried at the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Suicide

cheuksin's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Death, Child death, Death of parent, and War

jdanby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I’m a sucker for WWII historical fiction and this one was good. I liked that it was from the POV of Death and his commentary on humanity and war was poignant.

It was just a tad too slow side for me though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide