Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

228 reviews

jazmine_pantoja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is my favorite book, it's informative about WWII and how this family's lives were but put together beautifully. Very emotional especially the ending but 100% worth every page. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and War

> It has parts from deaths persecutive(which I was intrigued by)but could be harsh.

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buzzinfly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Racism, Torture, Trafficking, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

sample_text's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

megfriedrice's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-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: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

briab680's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, and War

cl83's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Violence

martaskiba_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide

morgasm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

Beautiful read, but I think I read it too late in life to be changed by it. I have, at this point, read enough tales of Germans who were not Nazis; as important as those stories are to bring light to defiance and strength, this book was not the first to tell that tale to me. Don’t be fooled I still cried, but not more than other stories I’ve read of the same era. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

viviundworte's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

zoea08's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide