Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

58 reviews

amieco's review against another edition

challenging sad fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, and Child death

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Deportation

bee2006's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

naramartin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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

4.75

Brunos father is the commander of the German army and because of that he and his family are forced to move from berlin to poland, next to a concentration camp. in the beginning bruno this his new home is boring because he doesn’t have anyone to play with. although the that changes when bruno meets shmuel, a boy from the other side of the fence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Child death and Death

kmudzy07's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Confinement, Death, Genocide, and Racism

caterina's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

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

2.5

This heavy-handed book felt like it was written to introduce young non-Jewish white kids to the Holocaust and help them realize that injustice can be happening that they might not see. It was stilted, the main character was overly naive, and the author didn't do justice to writing about the Holocaust. There are many other books out there - such as Art Spiegelman's Maus or Anne Frank's Diary - that I would recommend instead for this reading level.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Violence

Moderate: Death and Child death

bunnypez's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

One of the saddest books I have ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child death, Genocide, War, Murder, Violence, Death, Child abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, and Grief

samihami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Death

ellabeason's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

ends very suddenly, very sad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Genocide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Hate crime

henriediosa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide, Violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

_layla_15's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

I had to read for school and I don't know not my fav. It was sad and kind of dark. I didn't like how repetitive it was and one of the main characters, Bruno, was really bad in my opinion I hated him. I don't know if I would really recommend if you want a good holocaust book I think you could find something better; I've heard from my friends a good holocaust book is The Devils Athematic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, and Death