Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

274 reviews

jennacollier1512's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder

thinkingrobot's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism

joshprep's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Antisemitism

Moderate: Child death, Death

mcastol_5's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Not historically accurate 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, War

planreadrepeat's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Although fictionalized, the book does do a decent job describing the horrors of concentration camps. I’ve only read about “regular” prisoners but this is set with a special prisoner as the main. Not a sympathizer but maybe a little pragmatic about saving himself and those he cares about. I do think it was a good story about humans keeping hope and surviving when faced with impossible odds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder

firefly28x's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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I finished this book in a single day and it has rendered me speechless. It clearly lays out many of the horrors and atrocities of the holocaust and really makes you think about what people had to go through during this time. I was gripped from start to finish and can't wait to read more of Heather Morris' works

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Deportation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Excrement, Vomit

aech's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder

Moderate: War

georgiacatt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Everybody should read this book. If you know a little or a lot about the holocaust, it touches on it in a way that is new and personal. It is even more devastating through getting to know the real people as characters in the book. Beautifully written - I couldn’t put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, War

nattie510's review against another edition

5.0

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

angelofmusic317's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is the remarkable true story of survival of a Jewish man and woman imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Holocaust. This is also a story of love through all odds in impossible and tragic circumstances. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, War

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder

Minor: Infertility, Excrement, Vomit, Pregnancy