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A review by jillselwyn
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
1.0
I have a list of books I've not read since I was a teenager (I didn't get goodreads until like 2021 according to my profile) that I plan to do full rereads of and annotate and write in depth reviews of. I even have Harry Potter on that list, and I will be buying a Hufflepuff set (that's my house) from eBay because I hate Rowling. This book though - this book deserves ZERO stars and will never be reread and I hope my mom threw it away. I would like to start off with mentioning I'm literally half jewish ethnicity wise. I was raised culturally Jewish but no pressure to practice the religion.
This book trivialized the holocaust so heavily it's disgusting the author I believe doesn't even have any connection to the holocaust other than "well my mommy saw the Jews be marched off to the trains to go to the camps so I get to write this book." Well, sorry to say it, but you don't.
The only times I will ever be ok or comfortable with Goyim writing a book about the holocaust is if they are Romani, gay, or disabled or mentally ill because those people were also killed - maybe not in the same numbers but they were included. And if a goyim who has none of these connections has like a history PhD and writes their dissertation or something like that on the holocaust then fine because at least you care enough to do the research. This is the closest I will ever get to rereading in order to write a review.
I'd also like to point out that from what I've seen of the people I'm friends with on here, the majority of those who liked this book are goyim themselves. Every Jew I talk to today hates it and feels the same as I do - those in my personal life. No hate to those who enjoyed this book, but these are my thoughts and things I'd like to point out.
This book trivialized the holocaust so heavily it's disgusting the author I believe doesn't even have any connection to the holocaust other than "well my mommy saw the Jews be marched off to the trains to go to the camps so I get to write this book." Well, sorry to say it, but you don't.
The only times I will ever be ok or comfortable with Goyim writing a book about the holocaust is if they are Romani, gay, or disabled or mentally ill because those people were also killed - maybe not in the same numbers but they were included. And if a goyim who has none of these connections has like a history PhD and writes their dissertation or something like that on the holocaust then fine because at least you care enough to do the research. This is the closest I will ever get to rereading in order to write a review.
I'd also like to point out that from what I've seen of the people I'm friends with on here, the majority of those who liked this book are goyim themselves. Every Jew I talk to today hates it and feels the same as I do - those in my personal life. No hate to those who enjoyed this book, but these are my thoughts and things I'd like to point out.