Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

72 reviews

tetedump's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, and War

jen1804's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I both enjoyed and didn’t enjoy this book.
It’s incredibly interesting with insights into the life experienced at the concentration camps.
But I also found it almost too fast paced, as though important parts of history were mentioned and then quickly skipped over. Perhaps because the horrors are just that, too horrific to dwell on for longer than the few sentences we are given.
I loved that the book itself is basically a piece of history written from real life interviews with the main character.
Am important read that we should probably all acknowledge.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

onefineelephant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

7/10. Not my typical kind of book, but very well-written and very compelling story. Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and War

fivecatsinacoat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.0

 The story was interesting, but the writing was just so boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

samarakroeger's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

1.5

Hard to tell where the memory of an old man ended and the fiction began ... which probably works better for a screenplay (which this originally was).  It felt weird that ~half the characters were based on memories of real people (memories are usually not fully fleshed out and these were no exception) and the others were just made up to fill voids by the author?   Some quick research shows that a fair amount of things presented here as "facts" are inaccurate.  Somewhat problematic to blur the lines here, when most people will just read it and accept it as true.  This is not a true story - it is Heather Morris' interpretation of a story she did not live or even have much context for.  I'd recommend reading Night instead.

On another note, the sweet romantic bits were on the sickly sweet, unbelievable side and made the whole thing fall a bit flat for me.  A captivating but poorly written narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, War, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

charli_north's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Torture, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

aoifes_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Xenophobia

miathebooknerd's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

kaylee1957's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

kenzie_redelman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I can rarely get into a historical fiction book, but I couldn’t put this one down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Genocide

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, and Death