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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

31 reviews

gh1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Death, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Classism, Medical trauma, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Medical content, and Suicide

r3ader's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

This book is hauntingly beautiful. It describes the Zeitgeist of the second world war in Germany perfectly. As a German who has to often deal with the atrocities done by my ancestors, I think it was nice and interesting to read about a family who were living in Nazi Germany and were still not the "evil Nazis" we think of.
The ending was shocking, but at the same time realistic.
Death as the narrator for a story in Nazi Germany is also genius, it felt like a whole 'nother point of view.
The only critique I would have for this book is that some uses of German words are false. For example Pfiffikus never meant a person who often whistles, it is an old word for someone who is pfiffig (=smart). However this did only slightly disturb my reading, so this book is still 5☆.
I would recommend it to EVERYONE. It is truly a must-read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Hate crime, Suicide, Child death, and Genocide

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Deportation, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

senseioftheinternet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racial slurs, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

luumii's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcohol

abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

"It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding." 

Wow. That was a life-changing book. That was so sad. I am so glad that I read it, though. This is one of those books that is becoming a modern classic and everyone knows about it. And it definitely deserves that classic status. What a read. What a sad yet beautiful story. I love this book. But I'll probably never read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Bullying, War, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child death, Grief, Antisemitism, Genocide, Classism, War, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol

ashley_1206's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

wow um.. OUCH.

i sobbed so uncontrollably i don’t even think i’m in the headspace for writing a review right now so that isn’t going to happen.

however i would like to dedicate my 50th book of the year to this masterpiece. the pain was insufferable.

okay i’m back! this book was a masterpiece. it didn’t have to absolutely destroy my heart the way it did but i still love it. the book being written by death was so chef’s kiss. but truly you haven’t experienced a heart breaking book until you read this one.

it will rip you apart. even if you don’t read historical fiction (which i don’t) it doesn’t matter. you will enjoy this book because this book is absolute art.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Suicide, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Blood

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

this book is so devastatingly beautiful. there are some slower parts but you get to learn so much more about the characters and begin to fall in love with them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Death of parent, Police brutality, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, and Bullying

naiu_cs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Another book that has broken my heart in the most beautiful way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Suicide, Child death, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Body horror

laneys_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book broke my heart but I love it so much 😭❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Murder, Gore, Cursing, Torture, Confinement, War, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit