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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

112 reviews

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

jada_rolston's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

milly_7's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Torture, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Cursing

mariberries's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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? No

2.5

Just not a book for me.  I think I'm into more plot.  Book is written well and characters are well developed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

navya12'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and War

aisling872's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Cursing

kledia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

anna_99l's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense 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

I feel like anything I write about this book will never do it justice. As the book thief knows herself it is difficult to make words right.

If you are the type of person who confidently says they never cry from reading a book this book will prove you wrong.

The only other thing I say is that the characters truly come to life in the pages: you feel like you understand Max, Liesel, Rudy, Rosa, Hans, etc. Death has a way of making you feel for them even more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Suicide

dean_issov's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring 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 have never been this invested in fictional characters in my life before reading The Book Thief. All the characters just felt so real, their flaws and their own quirks; I loved all of them so much. Liesel was so dear to me when I was reading, I wanted her to be happy so much which felt so futile knowing what place and time in history she was at. It was heartbreaking nonetheless when I was nearing the end, I made sure to divide the book in tiny sections so I can savour the taste of reading it everyday. This book has been the most memorable book for me since I started to like reading in 2021, it felt like reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" all over again and also like watching the Studio Ghibli film "Grave of The Fireflies." 

Humans do haunt me too, death, they really do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: 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, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Grief, and Abandonment