Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

132 reviews

navya12's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and War

lil_owl_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fantasycat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

elli15's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

artiiichoke's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad

• 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

• written in a really interesting way with
  death as the narrator
  , something i haven’t seen before 
• devastatingly sad  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Grief, and Abandonment

e_h_c's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

signelinnea's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I want to start off by saying that this isn't my type of book and that I can see why so many people love this book. I don't like reading books where the central storyline is about heavy topics, such as WW2 but It was recommended to me so I chose to read it. As you can expect there is a lot about antisemitism, the main character doesn't express any hate towards jewish people but it's mentioned several times. If you're sensitive about stuff like that, I wouldn't  read this book. 

Aside from all the horrible themes in this book, it was a really touching storyline and it had a very interesting storyteller. Reading the entire thing from Deaths perspective was unique and I really enjoyed the small paragraphs of his thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

charlottebreukink's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime

ali_k0's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Abandonment, and War

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