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Himmel und Hölle by Malorie Blackman

29 reviews

robyn_quick's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

5.0

Notes for seminar:
- honestly the best book i have read for the course
- to reverse the real-life race treatment, we are shown how absurd prejudice really is. From having brown plasters to schools not being equal for all, to noughts being hung for crimes they did not commit, you cannot tell yourself that this is fiction because it is happening now.
- Blackman also perfectly balances a light-hearted humour with nail-biting scenes in various parts of the novel
'D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask.
[...] 'I used to think about it a lot,' I sigh. 'Dreams of living in a world with no more discrimination, no more prejudice, a fair police force, an equal justice system, equality of education, equality of life, a level playing field...'
- we know that this is not how the situation plays in real life, that supposed superiority from any group leads only to inequality and prejudice.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion and Violence

Minor: Rape

bungal0w's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book's plot line was so reflective of our society today and really easily makes you stop and think. Are the characters loveable- its complicated because the main characters, Callum and Sephy, are so deeply in love and trapped in their own world that they collectively are the only thing you can focus on which personally didnt want me to love one or the other but leave them without a specific favourite and no bias as i read.  however, the characters had only one personality and the plot was predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Abandonment

kqlon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

zafiras_bestie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this. It was one of the most well thought out books ever. I was hooked every second. Please read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Abortion

dietvanillecoke's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion, Bullying, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

antoniarachael28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

readerforfreakinglife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a great book. It’s definitely a page Turner. Huge plot twists and a heartbreaking ending that you would not expect. Recommend reading the rest of the series definitely a lot more things happen. One of my favourite books 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship

booksjessreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-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? Yes

4.25

I read the audiobook to this and it was super engaging. I really loved the character-development in this novel and I absolutely loved Malorie Blackman's writing style. This novel is so important, drawing parallels to today's society, demonstrating no matter how much progress we think has been made, there is still a long way to go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

mels0507's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Slavery