Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

91 reviews

pond_newt's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: War

steffie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

3.75

it was very sad, though it didnt affect me much because the ending was kind of abrupt. but reading it from such an interesting pov was nice

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

trazimmariju's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

Very sad book, recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Abandonment

mini_'s review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

Wir haben das Buch in der Schule gelesen und wer ist schon begeistert von Schulbüchern? Doch das Buch hat es geschafft mich so zu faszinieren das ich immer noch dran denke. Das Buch ist aus der Sicht eines 10 jährigen Jungen geschrieben und er hat natürlich nicht das Hintergrundswissen das wir über den zweiten Weltkrieg haben. Das war der größte Grund warum mich das Buch so gebrochen hat, es ist mit so einer Unschuldigkeit und Unwissenheit geschrieben das es dich ganz nah an die Tränen bringt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

kennedyislost's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Child death and Genocide

a_ira's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

grayscale08's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, and Antisemitism

meaghanelizabook's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Genocide

finn_vibing's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

effys's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

I’d like to start out by acknowledging this author being transphobic and that I do not support his views, I brought this book in a charity shop so I didn’t give any money to the author.

I thought this book was mediocre to be honest. I feel like Boyne actively avoided showing Nazis as bad and sort of tiptoed around having an opinion on Nazism which makes me think the worst of him. This felt like a bit of an infantilising read that treats the reader as stupid and I didn’t enjoy it, it felt like it was written to be read by a far younger audience than the topic would allow. 
I wish I’d just watched the film to be honest as it would’ve taken the same amount of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Antisemitism