Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

62 reviews

abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

"It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding." 

Wow. That was a life-changing book. That was so sad. I am so glad that I read it, though. This is one of those books that is becoming a modern classic and everyone knows about it. And it definitely deserves that classic status. What a read. What a sad yet beautiful story. I love this book. But I'll probably never read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Bullying, War, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

_bxllxe_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Finally knocked this one off the old TBR. It went by pretty quickly for the length; however, I still think it was about a hundred pages too long. Despite the gravity of the situation in which our thief Liesel finds herself, this is a cozy book in the sense that almost all the characters, even the cranky ones, are lovable, even cute. The real genius of this story is the quirky mundanity of the plot as more sinister things transpire just out of view. There are of course several devastating moments where the horror of Nazi Germany catches up to our characters, ultimately making this a very emotional read. Though I didn’t end up rating this as highly as I expected, I still think it’s a wonderful book and I’m glad I finally read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Antisemitism, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Suicide

ashley_1206's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

wow um.. OUCH.

i sobbed so uncontrollably i don’t even think i’m in the headspace for writing a review right now so that isn’t going to happen.

however i would like to dedicate my 50th book of the year to this masterpiece. the pain was insufferable.

okay i’m back! this book was a masterpiece. it didn’t have to absolutely destroy my heart the way it did but i still love it. the book being written by death was so chef’s kiss. but truly you haven’t experienced a heart breaking book until you read this one.

it will rip you apart. even if you don’t read historical fiction (which i don’t) it doesn’t matter. you will enjoy this book because this book is absolute art.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Suicide, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Blood

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

this book is so devastatingly beautiful. there are some slower parts but you get to learn so much more about the characters and begin to fall in love with them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Death of parent, Police brutality, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, and Bullying

smkelly1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is very slow but it is beautifully written. I laughed and I cried. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Gore, Hate crime, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

destroyali's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

it was really good, very sad though. really makes you reflect. very loveable characters, makes it hard to read because of the tragedy. very much recommend reading. PLEASE BE CARFUL READING, VERY HARSH CONTENT (look at warnings)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death, War, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Deportation and Cursing

Minor: Drug use

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

July was a very busy month for me, and, as a result, I wasn’t able to read as often as I would’ve liked. It took me nearly two weeks to read this book, and, usually, when I go days between reading sessions, it’s hard for me to get back into the story. That was not the case for this book! Although it was slower-paced, the writing style, the characters, and the narrator kept me invested.

I smiled, I thought, and I cried…a lot.

I really enjoyed many things about this book, but especially Liesel’s healthy relationships, especially with Hans and Max.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Hate crime, Death of parent, Genocide, Child death, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

brownieboo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Death, Death of parent, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Police brutality, Suicide, Bullying, Colonisation, Slavery, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

artiiichoke's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad

• 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

• written in a really interesting way with
  death as the narrator
  , something i haven’t seen before 
• devastatingly sad  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, and Genocide

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Grief, and Gun violence

cathwolfiereads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, War, Death, and Grief