Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

38 reviews

may_alyse's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Genocide

Moderate: Medical trauma and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Rape, and War

maddiet425's review

dark hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, Medical content, Child death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Death, and War

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Cancer

ems_rxlibrary's review

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Rape, Antisemitism, Sexual violence, Racism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy

kaela_arcuri's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Antisemitism

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

elfadilamira's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

it was very difficult to read parts of this, particularly Herta’s POV

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide and Rape

ginnygrde's review

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-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: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

arachnophobia's review

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I have read many a historic fiction and non-fiction on the Holocaust, in this book I found the historic details included were interesting, well-researched and unique compared to other novels but the characters were not complex enough to feel real. The book had rotating chapters between the three main characters and I found the chapters switched just as I was getting invested which was frustrating and sometimes confusing to follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Medical trauma, Antisemitism, Death, Child death, Death of parent, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Infertility

kweaver_pdx's review

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Cancer