Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

57 reviews

livya'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: Antisemitism, War, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

aericsson's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Violence, and War

ugneyp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Violence, and War

natcanread's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

monahed's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse

raffy23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

-Really loved Death as the narrator & his view of the world through colours
-Fascinating descriptions of Death's simple duty, not desire, to "scoop" up souls and sometimes even seeing him comfort the souls in his arms
-Beautiful post-modern, self-aware writing style
-Greatly enjoyed the interrupting facts, lists, sketches, stories, etc
-The main character's relationships with Rudy, Hans, Isla & Max were very interesting
-I wish there were more "after-the-fact" elaborations, i.e. how did Liesel feel and develop her relationship with

Isla after being taken under her care? How close were Max & Lisel post-climax when they met again? How (much) did the death of her friend impact her?

These are vital for completing the story of her relationships, yet they were never entirely concluded for me. So this person's dead,

she's orphaned once more

 , etc, but we never get to explore her feelings about these events except for when they happen (quickly) in the moment
-A good story overall which could have concluded with more of her thoughts, & not just Death's. Liesel was brushed aside at the end there and Death was in a hurry to finish the tale, which I felt the same of the author's last few rushed pages. The themes were delivered, her voice was not

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Child abuse

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

bitterseason's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Physical abuse, Child death, and Death

thresholdgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Antisemitism, Blood, Classism, and Racism

Minor: Child abuse