Reviews tagging 'War'

The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

7 reviews

burnourhistory's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Deportation, Alcohol, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Infertility

mdavis26's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Deportation, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicide, Genocide, Alcoholism, War, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Vomit

ashybear02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Medical content, Infertility, Grief, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Suicide, Sexism, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Violence

ledegennaro's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I picked up this book as part of my mission to clear my shelves of old advanced readers I’ve had sitting around for awhile. Clearly when I originally grabbed it I thought the plot looked interesting, but I don’t think I did a lot of research into the author’s other books.

The writing felt a little too sympathetic to Nazi’s and Nazi sympathizers. I understand that people are nuanced and I believe the author was trying to portray that. However, the trope of the kind Nazi is not one I can ever get on board with.

I didn’t find the characters compelling and this felt a little more like a melodramatic romance than historical fiction. The idea had potential but I was not happy with the execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicide and Miscarriage

kshertz's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

WW2 historical fiction about a Dutch teenager. She gets pregnant and is kicked out. She becomes a cleaner on the train tracks and sees what’s happening to the Jewish people. She takes a Jewish baby to spare them from where the trains are going and they find shelter in the Circus. Another performer finds shelter in the circus as well. This story brings together their two stories in a heartbreaking and realistic way. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Violence, War, Antisemitism, Blood, Death of parent, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Alcoholism

klaralara's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death and Police brutality

Minor: Miscarriage

peskimo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Antisemitism, War, Child death, and Death