Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

88 reviews

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

lil_owl_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and War

elli15's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Death of parent, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

signelinnea's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I want to start off by saying that this isn't my type of book and that I can see why so many people love this book. I don't like reading books where the central storyline is about heavy topics, such as WW2 but It was recommended to me so I chose to read it. As you can expect there is a lot about antisemitism, the main character doesn't express any hate towards jewish people but it's mentioned several times. If you're sensitive about stuff like that, I wouldn't  read this book. 

Aside from all the horrible themes in this book, it was a really touching storyline and it had a very interesting storyteller. Reading the entire thing from Deaths perspective was unique and I really enjoyed the small paragraphs of his thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, War, Genocide, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

marybsimp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Torture, and War

heuteschongekurtet's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

burnt_amber89's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

Although it was hard to read through the tears (especially towards the end), this was a wonderful experience. I absolutely adored all the characters, and reading this while the war in Ukraine just broke out made it all the much more poignant. It really makes the reader understand the effects of war on regular civilians, on kids, on families that just want to make the best of a dire situation, even on the side of the agressor. The innocence of Liesel only emphasizes on the absurdity, pointlessness, and incomprehensibility of war. The figure of Papa brings warmth, justice and humanity to the worst possible situation. Every single relationship Liesel forms with the other characters bring something unique and precious to the discourse, and the tale is told in such a spectacular way that I could barely put the book down. 
The poetry of the text is incredible, it is so poignant, and yet extremely accessible. The fact that we know from the very beginning that the ending will be terrible doesn't make it any less dramatic, which is the sign that the book is beautifully written and that the characters are particularly believable. I honestly felt something akin to grieving at the end, and even several times throughout the book. 

I had seen the movie prior, and even though I loved it, I can honestly and easily say that the book is far superior, in the sense that words convey so much more meaning than simply images. Words are actually almost a character in their sense, and they play an important role in the story, that I don't think I grasped while watching the movie. 

In the book, you get to know the characters intimately, spend a lot of time with them, accompany them through some life-changing events in a way that is even more touching than in the film. The little details, the mundane observations, the everyday poetry really had an effect on me. It gripped me from the very first sentences to the very last ones, and my throat still aches now that I think about it again a few days after I finished this wonderful book. As far as I'm concerned, it's an easy 5*.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

arlorees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

ang_mendoza's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death of parent, War, and Antisemitism

Minor: Confinement, Grief, and Racism

chloeloi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Phenomenal book. Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, Cursing, Antisemitism, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment