Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

54 reviews

berrytart's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is amazing! At the start it was very slow, but once you start reading through the pages, it sucks you in. Having death as the narrator was a beautiful idea!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, and Blood

akizato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sadiaa's review against another edition

dark emotional

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

isabezza's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.25

My Dad recommended this book to me before he died, so it had a lot of emotional significance to me, particularly as Liesel's relationships with Papa and Max were so fatherly and loving. I have tried to be objective in my review nonetheless, and this story deserves credit outside of this personal sphere as a genuinely fantastic novel. 
I loved Liesel's passion and enthusiasm for language throughout. Her artistic mind would mirror that of any bookworm reader, and her friendships detailed their character development. The plot was both informative and interesting - understanding of how WWII may have affected the German people. There were so many beautiful quotes in this story that my entire copy is now stained with pencil underlines and tears. 
My only criticism is the time it took for me to become absorbed in this tale, as Death's narrative POV and writing style took a while to get used to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

greatestheights's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

"A last note from your narrator:

I am haunted by humans."

Everything about this book holds up to the test of time, from the first time I picked it up at age 16. I am so grateful to live in a world Markus Zusak writes in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emma_sky's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abandonment, and Classism

mochisbff's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, and War

scarlettrogue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring lighthearted medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, and War

jay_hobday's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail