Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

97 reviews

emorine13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Very sad story taking place in Germany in WWII from the perspective of a child as she grows up. A heart-wrenching tale of wonder and a thirst for knowledge that helps keep a family together.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Racism, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

This book details one little girl's experience during WWII and

her adopted family hiding a Jew

. The details aren't gore-y, but they are descriptive.

johannslauren15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

I like this book, but it was really slow and probably would not read again since it became so daunting to read. I really did fell in love with the character, but I am just really torn about this story. I feel like I would have just read from 0-400 if I knew what was going to happen (plus Death just spoiled the story and did not make the ending so interesting I guess. I think Death's perspective was interesting but not as perplexed as I thought it would/should've been even if he does this all the time. When I think back upon what I read from this book, I just end up very confused about what I was reading.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, and Vomit

livya's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

syd991's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

I finally got around to reading this book, after years of meaning to. 

I will say the narration took some getting used to, with Death being the narrator and all. I didn’t mind the straight to the point style, however there was something about it that made starting the book slightly difficult for me. 

Once I’d gotten past the narration (again, this issue is just my personal preference of style), I started to really enjoy it. The characters are loveable, you feel their joy and pain, and truly understand their triumphs and failures.

This book also makes the list of now 4 books to have ever made me cry (Can you tell I don’t cry often over books?). That’s really saying something, about me personally and the emotion the Zusak puts into this book. It’s truly heartbreaking.

Everyone should read this at least once in their lives. It’s too powerful and well-written for someone to keep it on a shelf.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Gore, and Cursing

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

camilleemcl's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

sarah_onyxartemis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

starlessnights's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, and War

literally_mint's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, War, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Suicide, and Violence

duchess16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE BOOK

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, War, Grief, and Cursing

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Violence, War, and Xenophobia