Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

O Menino do Pijama Listrado by Augusto Pacheco Calil, John Boyne

20 reviews

edentiefling's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bellascho's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

werepsyche's review against another edition

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

1.0

ah yes!! i love to spread extremely dangerous misinformation about a horrible tragedy!! anyway, don't read this book, and stop teaching it in schools. there are so many other books that are accessible to school-age children that are way better suited for genuine education than this book. people don't know enough to understand that this is purely FICTIONAL and pushes really harmful stereotypes and ideas that german civilians were completely ignorant of what was going on when they DEFINITELY WERE. the diary of a young girl, once, hitler's canary... DOZENS of other books that people could be teaching about the holocaust with but they chose the work of fiction that propagates really dangerous fallacies. hate!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

exhaustedmumma's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

readiculousreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Absolutely devastating, but so brilliantly written. To come at this issue from a child's perspective, who lacks any understanding of the political situation happening around him, and being able to see his natural inclination against the violence of certain characters and his love and curiosity about other people is heart wrenchingly beautiful. 

Big warning to parents, this might be an especially hard read for you. It had me absolutely weeping for the entire last chapter, but I have no children. Trust me when I say it will hit harder if you do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

lizzyjean's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A great quick read, really makes you think about how similar we are as people. The story of Bruno and Shmuel’s friendship is so innocent and beautiful, even though the events that take place certainly are not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

jg34's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

I may be cheating by saying I read this as I just had the audio book playing and I wasn’t super paying attention bc I knew what happened after watching the movie. BUT I loved the movie and cried like a baby. Maybe in the book I would have wanted to see more about the family’s reaction at the end. 

I have since read reviews that this is an inaccurate portrayal and maybe problematic but I did not do my own research on this so my rating does not reflect that. Please be aware and maybe look into this before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

thatreadinggal11's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a little bit overrated in my opinion. I was sad but i didnt bawl like i expected . I am going to read the ending again but what can i say this must have been difficult to write and i give the author credit for that :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alexlily's review against another edition

1.0

Major yikes
Auschwitz Memorial: "'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' should be avoided by anyone who studies or teaches about the history of the Holocaust."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War