Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

113 reviews

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Antisemitism, War, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Hate crime, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Classism and Vomit

noemiiii_molletes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? N/A

4.75

wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, Genocide, War, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Hate crime, Cursing, and Physical abuse

epohlig's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-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

This book was amazing! I loved how it was told from Death’s point of view, because when you think about WWII, you think about tons of people dying, but not so much death itself (as a person or otherwise).

Also, WWII material rarely has you feeling sorry for the Germans, because they’re all lumped into a Hitler-supporting mass, so I appreciated the different perspective here - not backing the bad people, but showing that not every German was like that then either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, War, Genocide, and Hate crime

Minor: Child death and Suicide

kenbelt's review against another edition

informative reflective 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: War, Racism, Hate crime, Child death, and Antisemitism

emeraldxprincess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Really difficult to read but truly amazing, 14+ made me cry

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Grief, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Violence

musicalchikaan's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, War, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Genocide, Child death, Blood, Alcohol, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Gun violence, War, Religious bigotry, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Chronic illness

berrytart's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

This book is amazing! At the start it was very slow, but once you start reading through the pages, it sucks you in. Having death as the narrator was a beautiful idea!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Cursing, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, and Suicide

gh1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Death, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Classism, Medical trauma, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Medical content, and Suicide

sadiaa's review against another edition

dark emotional

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Hate crime, Genocide, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

w0rmonastring's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

0.75

this self-important train wreck is undeserving of the esteemed critical acclaim it has earned. it fails to tell an important story while trying to approach one of the most sensitive subjects in human history with an immature sense of snark. there is very little narrative flow, and what good episodes the author is able to construct are shoved in your face repeatedly as the author spoils his own story, and makes bolded and centered announcements proclaiming his "point" (as if you haven't already read it). don't waste your time re-reading this like I did.

the best quote of the entire novel comes when the perspective is shifted away from the pathetic image of "Death" that zusak puts forth:
"I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Police brutality, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Racism, Death, Genocide, and Grief