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crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Death, Racism, and Murder
unchargedbook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation
numerus's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Murder
sas_ram's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
It's safe to say this book isn't for everyone. But fans of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 will enjoy this.
It's a lesser known classic in compairison to the books of the big names (Goethe, Schiller, Hesse...).
This book dives into a world where the individual is not important, this is taken literally because the characters in this system are labled by letters and their profession rather than names. The characters that step out of the system bear actual names.
It was really fascinating especially considering it was written in the early years of the Nazi regime.
And honestly books like this are timeless and always tell us something relevant, give us something to think about.
Now to end this review my favourite quote (in german):
"Wenn kein Charakter mehr geduldet wird, sondern nur der Gehorsam, geht die Wahrheit und die Lüge kommt. Die Lüge, die Mutter aller Sünden."
A rough translation :
"When character/personality is no longer tolerated, only obedience, truth goes and lie comes. The lie, the mother of all sins."
Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Suicide
josina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
sunriseat0519's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
+ Intensive Auseinandersetzung mit der Frage nach Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit
+ Erschreckendes Bild der Fähigkeiten manipulierter Jugendlicher
+ Angenehm schnell zu lesen u.A. aufgrund der flüssigen Sprache
- Seltsam pädophile Gedanken des Lehrers
- Obsessive Verwendung des N-Wortes (historischer Kontext, Veröffentlichung des Romans im Jahr 1937)
Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Colonisation
marleen02's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Murder, and Alcohol
natthahlyh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War
paulines_reading_journal's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault
maukimodus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Murder