Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Høytleseren by Bernhard Schlink

86 reviews

utracjuszka's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I still don't agree with the ideas presented in the book but it did offer me a new perspective on the latest events in German history.
The story was well-crafted, too. The best parts of the book are probably the author's reflections on the nature of law.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia

Moderate: Genocide

ireneac's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicide

linaslittlelibrary's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

buzzi_maus's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sag mir doch wer dass es nach dem ersten Kapitel nur noch weiter bergab geht :,)

kl liste meinerseits zu im buch erwähnten büchern:
 - "Le Rouge et le Noir" Stendhal 1830
 - "Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull" Thomas Mann 1922
 - "Ilias" Homer 8./7. Jh. v. Chr.
 - "Odyssee" Homer 8./7. Jh. v. Chr.
 - "Vier Reden gegen Catilina" Marcus Tallius Cicero 63 v. Chr.
 - "The old man and the sea" Ernest Hemingway 1952
 - "Emilia Galotti" Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1772
 - "Kabale und Liebe" Friedrich Schiller 1784
 - "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" Joseph von Eichendorf 1826
 - "Krieg und Frieden" Leo Tolstoy 1865

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, War, Deportation

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

es hat tatsächlich mehr als einen CN und ein TW gebraucht

ohdeerboi's review against another edition

2.75

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

8momo8's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Antisemitism

merrychristmas's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism

adrionmacaron's review against another edition

2.5

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Deportation

namenotimportant's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism

callmebella's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism