Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

7 reviews

mockingjayx16's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death and Violence

moonlightreads007's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

This one was a really fun read! I love how the main character decides to just climb out of the window and disappear into a new life he chooses for himself. It was a very action-packed, adventurous type of book. I really liked how the author tied historical events into the book and added their own personal twist to them by involving the characters in the development of world history. The characters do many ethically questionable things at times, but they're so likeable that you can't help but to cheer for them.

The part where they lie about the chronological order of events and about what actually happened was especially entertaining. I love how they all get mostly happy endings; it goes to show that people can create new lives and realities for themselves at any age, and that it's never too late to have fun adventures and to do all the things you want to do.

All in all, I really enjoyed this book and I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes themes of adventure, historical fiction, situational irony and friendships in books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, and War

Minor: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

zefancifulreader's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.5

This book always calls to my dark sense of humour, it’s absurdity is so fun to experience.
This book is basically 100+ years of social drinking with vodka. Skål!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

alexa's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and War

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Xenophobia, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

orlagal's review

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious 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: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

empathephant's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective 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

5.0

This book was a crazy good time. I want to reread it immediately, which is a sign of a good book for me. Instead I'll probably read the sequel and also brush up on my 20th century history class, which has somehow become 6,984 times as compelling...

I laughed aloud often, which is rare for me while reading, but also thought deeply about the way history had been presented to me in school, politics, conflict, and what matters most in life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

The book is lighthearted in tone but does deal with a lot of war and political conflict. For me the tone meant that most of the book wasn't terribly distressing. However, I did feel very uncomfortable on 129 which discussed plans of guards to sexually assault a prisoner. I feel that the bottom half of that page could be skipped without losing much plot.