Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

69 reviews

cathwolfiereads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, War, Death, and Grief

bethanstanleyy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Death, Murder, Grief, Genocide, Antisemitism, War, and Child death

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Death, Antisemitism, Genocide, Hate crime, and Death of parent

chloeloi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Phenomenal book. Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, Cursing, Antisemitism, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment

ellamycroft's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, War, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Police brutality, and Suicide

clapyourshands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Infertility

quejk25's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief, War, Violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Hate crime

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

harleysmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book destroyed me. There are no words to describe just how beautiful and devastating this book really is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Death

siennakt30's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Violence, and War

johannslauren15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

I like this book, but it was really slow and probably would not read again since it became so daunting to read. I really did fell in love with the character, but I am just really torn about this story. I feel like I would have just read from 0-400 if I knew what was going to happen (plus Death just spoiled the story and did not make the ending so interesting I guess. I think Death's perspective was interesting but not as perplexed as I thought it would/should've been even if he does this all the time. When I think back upon what I read from this book, I just end up very confused about what I was reading.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, and Vomit