Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

El niño con el pijama de rayas by John Boyne

22 reviews

eirasenior's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and War

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: War

Minor: Child death

bunnypez's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

One of the saddest books I have ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child death, Genocide, War, Murder, Violence, Death, Child abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, and Grief

henriediosa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide, Violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

_layla_15's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

I had to read for school and I don't know not my fav. It was sad and kind of dark. I didn't like how repetitive it was and one of the main characters, Bruno, was really bad in my opinion I hated him. I don't know if I would really recommend if you want a good holocaust book I think you could find something better; I've heard from my friends a good holocaust book is The Devils Athematic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, and Death

planetshelf's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.0

The book was honestly just stupid. It was historically unrealistic and poorly planned; it felt like the author just wrote without regard for the next event. Bruno mistook German words for English words even though he didn’t speak English(?), and he read as much younger and more stupid than he should’ve been. I am bitter about wasting my time on the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Antisemitism

Minor: Death, Police brutality, Genocide, Child abuse, Confinement, and Racism

rbacon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Genocide, and Physical abuse

anna_harmsen's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Violence

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

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