Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

64 reviews

venetiana's review against another edition

Shameful. Romanticising the hardships of a young Jewish orphaned girl. Clearly written by someone with enormous amounts of privilege and poor knowledge of the reality of wartime Europe. I got rid of the book as soon as I could.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Abandonment and War

sarah_onyxartemis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

literally_mint's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, War, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Suicide, and Violence

kaylee4321's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and War

vaguely_reading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Name of Book: The book thief

Author: Markus Zusak 

Series: none

My rating: 3.75/5

Age rating (in my opinion): 12+

Representation (out of 5):  2/5

Warnings: WWll setting, death

Review: (no spoilers)
This books gives me classic book vibes, so I definitely recommend for those who like slow paced books. I think the book being in the point of view of death was amazing storytelling. I only gave it a 4 because I don’t care much for classics, but overall it’s not a bad story. I think I can appreciate it more when I’m older though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

neptunereign's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Suicide, War, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Confinement, Child abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, and Abandonment

isabella_ramensky's review against another edition

emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: War and Abandonment

pn__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, War, Abandonment, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Antisemitism, and Racism

eavsingleton's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment

crumplelise's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Antisemitism, and Violence