Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

210 reviews

julkaeva's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

pandemonicbaby'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. I just bawled my eyes out with the last few chapters.
I should've known. The subject of death always makes me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Hate crime, Antisemitism, War, Cursing, Violence, Suicide, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Torture, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Classism, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Blood, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Gore, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Body horror, Medical content, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, Racism, and Medical trauma

ashmak06's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Violence, Child death, Death, Genocide, Religious bigotry, War, Grief, and Suicide

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, War, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Ableism, Child death, and Grief

patchthecat's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

This book made me cry several times. I fell in love with some of the characters and the ending absolutely broke me. I am amazed at how uniquely this book was wrote and how it brought me to to tears so much. I am glad this was the first book I read this year (tho I did also read some of it in December.)
This book is not my favourite of all time but the writing and story was so fantastic so I'm rating it a 5.

Max leaving and being seen on the street made my heart shatter, I'm glad he lived in the end but I didn't really have time to process that he did because the ending was so painful to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, and Death of parent

Beautiful heart shattering book.

annasusan's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense 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? No

5.0

A gorgeous, heart-wrenching book, with the unique narrative voice of Death. It has stuck with me for years.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide

ghost3_14159's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my all time favorite books

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

This is a work of art. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

catarina_pego's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Child death, Cursing, Death, War, Violence, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Torture, Physical abuse, Grief, and Deportation

bootrat's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide