Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

244 reviews

snowdropwhiskey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

I went into this book knowing every spoiler, and still was a sobbing mess at the end. This is a book I would recommend to anybody, easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Suicide

donatio'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I feel like this book has a good way to tell the things that happened during the Second World War without getting too much into detail, making it a great introduction into the topic of deportation, etc. It's easy to follow the story and also the message. 
I loved the writing style and the short stories that actually make up the book as well as the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Sorry I can’t write a review yet bc I’m still crying my eyes out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

A boo set in nazi germany during WWII that does not shy from details

greatestheights's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

"A last note from your narrator:

I am haunted by humans."

Everything about this book holds up to the test of time, from the first time I picked it up at age 16. I am so grateful to live in a world Markus Zusak writes in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

spideyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

A beautiful novel. I didn't know it was possible for a human to write like this. Figurative language on every page, lovable characters with great depth, and a haunting narrator. It was fascinating to read about WW2 from the perspective of a young German girl instead of a Holocaust narrative, which is what the majority of WW2 fiction I read is. Perfect for readers of any age. This book will stay with me for a long time. Unforgettable. Important.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

lynini's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Police brutality

herelieshenry's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Death and Grief

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

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

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

turtleycool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War