1.82k reviews for:

Bridge of Clay

Markus Zusak

3.77 AVERAGE

robbiezk's review

3.75

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

em_mm's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

heather_c_w's review against another edition

2.75

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lilyreads14's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging

nathanklosler's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad tense 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: Yes

_emeliza_'s review against another edition

5.0

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This book broke my heart and then slowly put it back together piece by piece. It started out so slowly that I considered putting it down in the early stages, but I’m so glad I stuck with it. Another beautiful addition to the world by Markus Zusak.

cpriz's review against another edition

5.0

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Call me sentimental. This book probably only deserved 4 stars but it was such a pleasure to read (after about 50 pages...before that it's poetic to the point of abstraction). After reading Zusak's other two books, I saw the author weaving in and out of his story, giving himself away in parallels and habits. The narrator who is not the protagonist, themes of grief, a rough working class crew of characters and of course, humanized death let me get to know the author behind the words.

The book itself was marvelous. It was an epic made of the most ordinary stuff. He gave ordinary occurrences (trips to museums, first fights) the gargantuan import they have only in the mind of a child. It was magnificent. I enjoyed the circular story-telling, poetic prose, and fell in love with the characters. I read with a lump in my throat for a good 200 pages.

Not the easiest read, but well worth it!

felixthemoose's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lytlekt's review against another edition

3.0

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Something about the style of this book bothered me, and kept me a little too removed from the characters. The story was interesting, but I just wasn’t very invested.

katha_fr's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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- die Story zieht sich super lang hin
- Kern der Geschichte ist ganz nett, aber viel zu viel umschrieben
- Schreibstil hat mir nicht zugesagt, für mich zu ausgeschmückt und metaphorisch
- Sehr viele Zeitsprünge, die es noch schwerer gemacht haben, der Geschichte zu folgen