Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

36 reviews

bookishperseus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

anindistinctaccountant's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

To be very clear, the book is stellar. Just because I wasn't the biggest fan doesn't mean you shouldn't read it. It's very poignant and picturesque. I simply am not one to connect with so depressing a story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kryolitee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

my heart will never recover from this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Suicide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sample_text's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Suicide, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

viviundworte's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

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

starr27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Violence, and War

Minor: Genocide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

nel0nen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

fuzzygazelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Such a beautiful and timely book. I knew it was going to make me cry once I started getting attached to the characters but I didn't think i would ugly sob. But everyone is so lovable, the character progression of the Huberman family, Liesel and Rudy's growths, Liesel's relationship with everyone. It's funny at times and it's light-hearted when we are just seeing their lives and it makes it real. The narration is also really nice and unique and Death's propensity to spoil things just makes it even more tense. It's so beautifully tragic and sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol