Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

42 reviews

tigerkind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Toxic friendship and War

mjlease08's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: War, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

na ja.

meiner meinung nach an sich definitiv einer der eher interessanteren deutschen klassiker - besser als homo faber und kabale und liebe und was man da so alles lesen musste.

die thematik war okay, die überlegungen bezüglich des holocausts und des zweiten weltkriegs recht gut zu lesen; die beziehung zwischen michael und hanna amüsant (wenn auch höchst fragwürdig angesichts dessen dass er fünfzehn war und sie über dreißig), allerdings auch faszinierend.
erinnerte mich sehr an frankenstein und sein monster; ... educating rita?

der plot-twist am ende war hervorragend. ein gutes ende für eine leider in allen aspekten mittelmäßige geschichte.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Genocide, War, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

jade_0222's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Antisemitism

mayo_confessionary's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

Moderate: War and Genocide

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

shea_proulx's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Suicide, Sexual content, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

pseudolain's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

lela_f's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Minor: Genocide

enoemo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

Comes with a solid amount of trigger warnings - please be aware of the pedophilia and grooming that happens in this book. I found it interesting and well written, but not much more than that. The thought process of the narrator is understandable and makes sense in light of the gaslighting and grooming he faced, but it lacked something for me personally. It raises some interesting points about the processing of the holocaust post-war, but then again, I do feel like there's other works of literature that do this in a more profound way with a more lasting impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Vomit

utracjuszka's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

I still don't agree with the ideas presented in the book but it did offer me a new perspective on the latest events in German history.
The story was well-crafted, too. The best parts of the book are probably the author's reflections on the nature of law.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

Moderate: Genocide