Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

57 reviews

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: Antisemitism and Genocide

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

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, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Religious bigotry

e_h_c's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

quinn24's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Genocide, and Child abuse

sarahaf712's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, War, Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Racism, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Police brutality, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Suicide

Content warnings: Holocaust; Nazis; SS and Gestapo; death marches; bombing; corpses

chicowriter's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Racism

kayesomething's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Antisemitism, Child death, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Violence

peighreadsbooks'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Child abuse

ellamycroft's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, War, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Police brutality, and Suicide

lainie08's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Suicide