Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Postcard by Anne Berest

13 reviews

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation

michellecurtis983's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, and Deportation

kerri_m's review against another edition

5.0

I've read many books about the catastrophe, and this is one of the best.

It's a story about identity, survival, memory, responsibility, hope. It's about telling their story. It's about not looking away (even when the telling makes you shake and feel sick). 

While many of the details may have been imagined and the research process likely went in a slightly different order, it's miraculous that the Rabinoviches got as much information as they did. We will never hear countless stories of other lives that were stolen.

Reading it now, in 2024, feels like a call to action.

Indifference is universal. Who are you indifferent toward today, right now? Ask yourself that. Which victims living in tents, or under overpasses, or in camps way outside the cities are your ‘invisible ones’? The Vichy regime set out to remove the Jews from French society. And they succeeded.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

bookworm_ohsea's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

jsprenk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

A beautifully written story of a woman and her mother’s quest to learn about their family, four of whom died in the holocaust … with a modern-day mystery story underneath it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

kristinj1's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow this was a good book! It was interesting to read this with the real world backdrop of the war happening in Gaza and Israel. I have an even deeper understanding of what Jewish people have experienced, what it was like in places like Paris before deportation began, how they believed that if they followed the rules they'd be okay. I see now why, at the end of the book, she says why they don't obey orders. Oh, and the reintroduction of "returnees" to France! I hadn't read about any of that before. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

machenn's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

jabakken's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, and Death of parent

mishasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

fiberreader's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, and Antisemitism