Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

111 reviews

hitheremynameislisa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

leahpardon's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and War

breeezzy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

kayaa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahkinney's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sophiejo_'s review against another edition

4.0

[immediately post book] BRILLIANT writing but this hurt DEEP. update review to come 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: War

alerdman'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, Racism, and Sexism

zoemorana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, and Racism

durrareadsstuff'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? Yes

5.0

If I could give this 6 stars, I would. This is hands-down one of the most well-written books I have ever read. Zusak has a way of introducing characters and making you love them with all your heart then heartlessly revealing how they will die in like, the next paragraph. And even then, even when you know their death is coming, it still hurts like heck when you actually read about it. But seriously though, approach with caution. You will inevitably cry, or at least get teary-eyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and War

writteninthebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail