Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

11 reviews

phouka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child death, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, War, Antisemitism, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Murder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Dementia, and Abandonment

exhaustedmumma's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Torture

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Read this book by yourself. Read this book to children. Keep this book on library shelves and in classrooms. Recommend this book to a friend. 

Though this is a work of fiction, it very easily could have been non-fiction, and it is important that the world as a whole never forget the holocaust. 

Read. This. Book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Hate crime, Death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity

lizzyjean's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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

4.0

A great quick read, really makes you think about how similar we are as people. The story of Bruno and Shmuel’s friendship is so innocent and beautiful, even though the events that take place certainly are not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Torture, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

nath_04's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, War, and Genocide

venice_the_vampire's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

a great historical example of “love is natural, hate is learned”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, War, Infidelity, Death of parent, Hate crime, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Bullying and Adult/minor relationship

may_brie's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

The book centers the nazi experience in the holocaust and removes the blame from the children present. I have hear many Jews explain how this sort of storyline is harmful and does not manage to teach about the holocaust and instead deflects blame and teaches children that they are too young and stupid to a) understand what’s going on, and b) be part of the problem. The book spreads general misinformation and removes the grief and suffering of Jews from the story which is incredibly problematic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, War, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Child death, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Genocide, and Death

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

melancholymegs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: Mental illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, and War

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