Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

45 reviews

sarahaf712's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, War, Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Racism, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Police brutality, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Suicide

Content warnings: Holocaust; Nazis; SS and Gestapo; death marches; bombing; corpses

kayesomething's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Violence

peighreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Child abuse

alevssia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Xenophobia

itshrewsbury's review against another edition

dark emotional

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, War, and Death

tuni's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: War and Genocide

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

pn__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Xenophobia, Violence, War, Abandonment, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Antisemitism, and Racism

littlegretty's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book ripped me apart in the best way. It should be predictable, given that the narrator tells us exactly what will happen in the first chapter, but Zusak masterfully crafts a narrative that is at once surprising and exactly what you expect. The narrator's identity also allows the narrative to follow and move along temporally in a way that is not limited to exclusively one character's past and present. Truly one of my favorite books I have ever read. Not a comfort, vacation, or weekend read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, and Death of parent

kayamckergow's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Hate crime, and Xenophobia