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hayley_cook2's review against another edition
This book is terrible. I really expected more from the writer of the book thief. The writing itself is really bad and the story also sucks. The narrator is super creepy and only describes women physically. He even creeps on a 15 year old girl and Mark Zusak paints it as a good thing. I literally cannot keep reading past the part where he lures the whole town to church.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Gun violence
sestep's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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? Yes
5.0
Markus Zusak has a beautiful power of writing in ways that just punch you in the face. His style is beautiful, & funny, & relatable, & wrenching. This book is a classic to me bc of that. & the opening chapter is one of the best I’ve read in my life.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Rape
Minor: Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Blood
subplots includecaskraft's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
zarfus211's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Rape
Minor: Addiction
othersociologist's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Gun violence
g30rgina's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Rape
Minor: Gun violence
anwhitebooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
While I loved the story and the writing had it's moments, I wouldn't say I was hooked. I found myself skimming and much of the middle was very predictable. The most interesting parts were when we were trying to piece together who was doing this to him.
I did feel conflicted about the ending. It gave me food for thought, but I'm not 100% sure if "fourth-wall breaks" are for me.
I did feel conflicted about the ending. It gave me food for thought, but I'm not 100% sure if "fourth-wall breaks" are for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Gun violence and Alcoholism
e_reader's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
This book broke my heart and put it back together again more times than I can count, and yet my heart feels more whole from all that healing.
Zusak’s prose is beautiful, and I already know this will be a book I reread for years to come. I enjoyed his Book Thief, but this one may even top that for me. I love the journey that Ed goes on; I wish I could just crawl inside these pages and live in them.
The one part I didn’t love was the ending. I kind of hate when they end a book with the “this whole book was actually the main character writing it,” it just feels so cliche and I feel like Zusak should have known better. nonetheless, the ending was satisfying and gave me the warm fuzzies.
Zusak’s prose is beautiful, and I already know this will be a book I reread for years to come. I enjoyed his Book Thief, but this one may even top that for me. I love the journey that Ed goes on; I wish I could just crawl inside these pages and live in them.
The one part I didn’t love was the ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism and Gun violence
satanita's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
To say the least, I am extremely disappointed, I expected this book to be similar to the other books the author has written but I was 150 pages in and I felt uninspired and bored. I don't understand what is good about this book, the first part was interesting, it presented a creative plot but unfortunately, that didn't automatically mean good. It was repetitive and it felt monotonous and dull, the main character didn't have any qualities that made the book better nor his daily life which was even more uninteresting. The most frustrating thing was the end and how predictable and uncreative it was, ordinary people can do great actions or whatever. This was like the final straw for me, this book is not worth the time. I'm really sad that I didn't like it but no matter how much I read it, the book does not become better in any way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Gun violence
Moderate: Rape
jayjm94's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Cursing