Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

105 reviews

zoemorana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, and Racism

durrareadsstuff's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

If I could give this 6 stars, I would. This is hands-down one of the most well-written books I have ever read. Zusak has a way of introducing characters and making you love them with all your heart then heartlessly revealing how they will die in like, the next paragraph. And even then, even when you know their death is coming, it still hurts like heck when you actually read about it. But seriously though, approach with caution. You will inevitably cry, or at least get teary-eyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Racism, and Racial slurs

writteninthebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Violence, and Religious bigotry

jada_rolston's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cursing, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Hate crime, War, Child death, and Death

milly_7's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, War, Racism, Torture, and Slavery

Minor: Cursing

mariberries's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

2.5

Just not a book for me.  I think I'm into more plot.  Book is written well and characters are well developed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Racism, War, Grief, and Antisemitism

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

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Suicide

aisling872's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Racial slurs, Child abuse, War, Suicide, and Racism

Minor: Cursing

kledia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Religious bigotry

anna_99l's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I feel like anything I write about this book will never do it justice. As the book thief knows herself it is difficult to make words right.

If you are the type of person who confidently says they never cry from reading a book this book will prove you wrong.

The only other thing I say is that the characters truly come to life in the pages: you feel like you understand Max, Liesel, Rudy, Rosa, Hans, etc. Death has a way of making you feel for them even more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Genocide, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide