Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

69 reviews

musicalchikaan's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

cavallonee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

finn_vibing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

One of the best books I have ever read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Abandonment and Injury/Injury detail

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abandonment, and Classism

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

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

_bxllxe_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Finally knocked this one off the old TBR. It went by pretty quickly for the length; however, I still think it was about a hundred pages too long. Despite the gravity of the situation in which our thief Liesel finds herself, this is a cozy book in the sense that almost all the characters, even the cranky ones, are lovable, even cute. The real genius of this story is the quirky mundanity of the plot as more sinister things transpire just out of view. There are of course several devastating moments where the horror of Nazi Germany catches up to our characters, ultimately making this a very emotional read. Though I didn’t end up rating this as highly as I expected, I still think it’s a wonderful book and I’m glad I finally read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Suicide, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

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