Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

38 reviews

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

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

faizoo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, and Confinement

angele_vergoni's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I've been wanting to read this book for so long, and I was a little bit disapointed. It comes from the main character : it was hard for me to get attached to him (mainly because of the way he talks about women that I found very patriarcal).
Also I found the writting very simple (it rarely bothers me when I read, but here it did).
This book is not too long to read. Some parts of it are hard as it depicts the life on a concentration camp, but the main focus is on the love story, which, for me, make it easier to read compared to other books with the same subject.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

jordymyers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse

tamaraepps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Please note this book is problematic in that it is badly researched and has many inaccuracies regarding individuals and events at Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Slavery, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual content

squiroz94's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

leanne's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

This is a story of hope and horror, set in the Auschwitz Birkenau camp. It follows Lale, a prisoner working as a Tattooist throughout his 3 years in the camp and the awful acts that happened during that time. 

I feel that this book sometimes lacks in description and often speeds through details that would help to connect with the characters. But overall, a powerful story and that I would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia