Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

129 reviews

morgasm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Beautiful read, but I think I read it too late in life to be changed by it. I have, at this point, read enough tales of Germans who were not Nazis; as important as those stories are to bring light to defiance and strength, this book was not the first to tell that tale to me. Don’t be fooled I still cried, but not more than other stories I’ve read of the same era. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

jovanh's review

dark hopeful sad 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

3.0

This book was fine. Nothing special or unique. Don't know why Book Tok is in love with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual harassment

parrapa_da_rappa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, and War

born_reading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

aoifeprettypurplepolkadots's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

nclausel25's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Hate crime and Police brutality

music_girl93's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

balzi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-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

Very deep and personal look at WWII and the probable story of many Germans 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

ishkodeke's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

maratagon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and Death of parent