Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

29 reviews

jay_hobday's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Grief, Child death, Xenophobia, War, Genocide, Cursing, Violence, and Gore

abbyluvsfrogs444's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

"It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding." 

Wow. That was a life-changing book. That was so sad. I am so glad that I read it, though. This is one of those books that is becoming a modern classic and everyone knows about it. And it definitely deserves that classic status. What a read. What a sad yet beautiful story. I love this book. But I'll probably never read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Bullying, War, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

this book is so devastatingly beautiful. there are some slower parts but you get to learn so much more about the characters and begin to fall in love with them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Death of parent, Police brutality, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, and Bullying

smkelly1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is very slow but it is beautifully written. I laughed and I cried. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Gore, Hate crime, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

laneys_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book broke my heart but I love it so much 😭❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Murder, Gore, Cursing, Torture, Confinement, War, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

books_and_coffee_vibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

This book was everything to me. I got so attached to the characters, I loved every second of this book. 

This book made me happy, made me laugh at times but it shattered my heart. I didn’t think a book could destroy me the way this one did. 

<the ending, I couldn’t stop crying. The way she grieved at the end broke my heart even more> 

I loved this book so much but I don’t think I’ll ever reread it. I feel like it won’t be the same and I can’t put my poor heart through that again. 

I loved every second of this book and would highly recommend it to anyone 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War

thestorydoer's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

The strongest written book I have ever read. Markus Zusak adopts an almost poetic writing style to imitate the voice of death, the narrator of this book. It is very well executed, each of the characters are loveable and the entire plot is so emotional. The amount of foreshadowing used throughout the book could've been toned down, but that's just a minor gripe in the books scope. My favourite book I've ever read, easy recommendation for those who like slow reads.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Blood and Gore

bhagyasree's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Confinement, and War

Moderate: Death, Torture, Slavery, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, and Death of parent

kitza2000's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, and War

Minor: Abandonment

siennakt30's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Violence, and War