Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

14 reviews

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Torture, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Antisemitism, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Death of parent, Self harm, and Rape

kiwi2745's review

challenging dark sad

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Rape, and Genocide

Minor: Animal death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

emeister3's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

If you watched “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” and you still want to cry over true-story-inspired WWII trauma, then this book is for you. I can’t say that it’s for me, per se - it was my book club’s pick this month. I can say the following:

The second half of the book is much better than the first. The first 50% of the book alternates between 3 different female POVs and, as a result, I kept pinging between 3 different feelings - boredom, sadness, and shock. It had me feeling so downtrodden that I didn’t want to finish it. However…these atrocities are a part of history. They happened to real humans and, tragically, were committed by real humans. And their stories deserve to be heard, then to never happen again. As Norman Cousins wrote, “…what is told here is not a glimpse into the bowels of an imaginary hell but part of our world.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Cursing, War, Death of parent, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Torture, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Rape, Medical content, Child abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Animal death, Cancer, Infidelity, Racism, Infertility, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Incest, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

bookishauntie's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I learned about a group of women, (The Rabbits), I'd never read or heard about before so that was interesting and disturbing.

I felt that the author tried a bit too hard to give the doctor a voice that one could empathize with although I read it as being someone who embraced the nazi ideology wholeheartedly. I found the perspective disturbing and wish it were simply not included.

Other than that it was an interesting read with interesting characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Genocide, Torture, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

rachelbetters99's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Grief, War, Antisemitism, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Self harm and Sexism

mnatale100's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Deportation

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Self harm, Infertility, Murder, Gore, Violence, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Lesbophobia, Slavery, Alcohol, Ableism, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Xenophobia

ireri's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Slavery, War, Torture, Sexual assault, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

mcdermotte1639's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Rape

beabates's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Hate crime, Infertility, War, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Death, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Antisemitism, Grief, and Genocide

curatedsymposium's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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: Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Violence, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Murder, Death of parent, Sexism, Antisemitism, War, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Animal cruelty