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The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

13 reviews

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Death, Deportation, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Toxic friendship, War, and Murder

renaissance_bee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Death and Violence

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Genocide, and Violence

nbreezy17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Blood, War, and Hate crime

mandi4886's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, Violence, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Blood, Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, and Suicide

Moderate: Stalking, Racism, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, and Xenophobia

Minor: Excrement, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, Trafficking, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Alcohol

molliesampson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Violence and Gun violence

embla_v's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad

5.0

Tyskarna har invaderat Frankrike och folket lever i ständig skräck. När Evas pappa blir bortförd av tyskarna för att han är jude tvingas Eva och hennes mor på flykt. Eva och hennes mor hamnar i en liten stad nära gränsen till Schweiz och där hittar Eva ljuset i mörkret, möjligheten till motstånd. 

En oerhört gripande och spännande bok. Den är oerhört bra men jag varnar er den får tårarna att rulla av lycka och sorg. Rekommenderar starkt denna bok baserad på en sann historia om en kvinna under andra världskriget. Definitivt läsvärd!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, Death, Police brutality, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Slavery

naomibender's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Antisemitism

Minor: Violence

purple_rose_kat93's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Suicide, and Violence

esmeralda's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

There are some books that after spending an hour of your school day reading them, you are left with a strong feeling of regret and emptiness, and then, there are other books that every moment of delaying school is well-spent, and upon finishing you can simply smile and get back to work. The Book of Lost Names definitely falls into the latter category. 

To begin, The Book of Lost Names is centered around the French Resistance movement of WWII, specifically the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to give innocent children a chance at life in other countries. Eva, the lovely main character, is a forger – and lover of words – who helps many find their way to freedom by giving them new names and identities. Despite the fact that she feels that what she is doing is right and necessary, Eva struggles with the thought that their true names will be forgotten, and fights for a way to remember, hence the subject of the book’s title, The Book of Lost Names.

Harmel’s writing is deceptively simple and beautifully clear; her writing is simultaneously easy to read and emotionally difficult and powerful.

For many reasons I fell in love with this story. I loved the characters, particularly Eva and Remy, their story was both beautiful and sad. Harmel’s depiction of Eva as an older and then younger woman were moving, and I found her story to be fascinating. And of course, the ending, it was somehow……unexpected and perfect. 

Overall, I truly enjoyed The Book of Lost Names and found it to be fascinating and engaging. It is one book that absolutely deserves the hype. 

“My room is lined with books, most of them stacked in precarious piles on the bowing bookshelves Louis assembled years ago. They are filled with other people’s stories, and I’ve spent my life disappearing into them. Sometimes, when the nights are dark and silent and I’m alone, I wonder if I would have survived without the escape their pages offered me from reality. Then again, perhaps they just gave me an excuse to duck out of my own life.” – Kristin Harmel

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Violence