Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

8 reviews

khaben31's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deportation, Suicide, War, Confinement, and Murder

erinvasut's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, War, Deportation, Grief, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Genocide, Confinement, and Murder

gemmapz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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? No

5.0

The book title is a bit of a misnomer, but other than that magnificently done! The storytelling is rich the main characters are compelling, and gives a sense of what it was like to be in France and Portugal during the middle to later parts of World War II. The story is not for the faint of heart, but is for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Suicide, Antisemitism, Child abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Religious bigotry, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, and Deportation

kansas_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book will leave you enervated, slack in the face of its emotional impact.  It is the story of small victories in the face of an enormous and powerful evil. Martin ties together the lives of two women: one a librarian charged with collecting enemy publications in Lisbon and one a member of the Resistance in occupied France who runs a clandestine printing press. Connected and inspired by the power of words, they scrabble to save the lives of the unknown, the powerless, and the persecuted.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, War, Death, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Xenophobia, and Genocide

jazzcone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Torture, Genocide, Child death, Deportation, and Death

l1brarygirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Antisemitism, War, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Deportation, Gore, and Violence

monnibo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Child death, and Death

Minor: Death, Deportation, Abandonment, War, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Genocide, and Grief

helen_moore_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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: War

Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Child death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Racism