Reviews tagging 'Death'

Three Sisters by Heather Morris

37 reviews

philippaamyy's review

challenging dark inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Antisemitism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, Deportation, Murder, Child death, Genocide, Torture, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, and Gun violence

About Auchswitz

jessyjessx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Antisemitism

gymjam_reads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Astonishing, inspiring and harrowing. Based on the true story of how three sisters survived the atrocities of the Holocaust together. It's split into three parts - their promise to their father that they will always stay together (in 1929), their time within the death camp/s (1942-1945) and their journey and settlement into Israel after the war. It's quite a slow - paced read especially due to the heaviness of the text but worth the full read. The afterwords from various family members and photos were a lovely touch. 
I recommend to anyone who is interested in gaining insight into the Jewish perspective of ww2 to read the three beautifully written books by Heather Morris: Three Sisters, Cilka's Journey and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Genocide, Murder, Slavery, Antisemitism, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide attempt, War, Torture, and Grief

emcheym's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Hate crime, Deportation, Violence, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, War, Genocide, Gun violence, and Murder

jenbren's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Genocide, Death, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, War, and Murder

juarrosa's review

informative slow-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Death, Physical abuse, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, War, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

As always Heather Morris didn’t fail.  I adore every book she puts out.  Historical fiction based off of real events, leaving you feeling so connected to the individuals and their pasts.  

This is the third book of hers I have read, all of which had characters orienting around Auschwitz-Birkenau. From the tattooist. To the girl placed in charge of the death hut.  To this one which follows three Jewish sisters and their experiences of what happened to them during and after the war.  

Against all odds they survived. With the informative history in the authors notes informing us that many of them lived a long long life. One of the original sisters actually still being alive as I read this. 

I read this at an interesting time, with the Palestine and Israeli conflict going on right now and the genocide of Palestinians and the deaths of innocent civilians on both sides it really opens your eyes to how they just kind of entered Palestine to set up Israel. I certainly do not know enough about the history and will 100% learn more once I have the time to, but as much as I can understand Jewish communities wanting a safe space the way this book shows them simply taking and developing it on their own doesn’t sit right and i definitely intend to read more to understand how this happened to Palestine. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Violence, Excrement, Child death, Genocide, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Murder, Colonisation, Death of parent, Suicide, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Deportation, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Vomit, War, Torture, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Antisemitism

amyhab's review

dark inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Child death, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Racism, Physical abuse, Hate crime, War, Racial slurs, Murder, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Grief

beccah1610's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Genocide, and Antisemitism

billeylilley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Again Heather Morris has perfectly captured the emotion and history behind these incredible sisters' stories. I smiled, I laughed, I cried and I sobbed in this book. It truly is an amazing homage to the survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Holocaust

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Death, War, Hate crime, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, and Confinement