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corallig's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Genocide, Mental illness, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail
bookishperseus's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Violence, Antisemitism, and Alcohol
asurasantosha's review against another edition
- 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
It is a lot. But it's also not so much about rhe Holocaust, it more just about the war, its devastation and the personal story of a girl who lived through it.
It's heart breaking, of course. But there's also beautiful moments of love and friendship.
The first couple of chapters (parts? Idk, the book is organized strangely) were harder for me to get through because I didn't care about the characters much yet. But I an so so glad I stuck with it and read and enjoyed this book.
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Antisemitism, and War
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
saucywench813's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, and War
syafiqha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Minor: Child death and War
kedgehog's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War
kryolitee's review against another edition
- 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
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
joanabrt's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
The book is quite long, which was a concern in the beginning, but it didn't prove to be a problem - the narration and description of the events and characters kept me captivated and interested. The moments of honesty and the confessions of Death, the glimpses of the future, although they revealed the direction of the story (and the ending), never detracted from everything else: the present moment, what would happen between now and then, what would cause it and what would follow.
The strong bond that is built with the characters, both the main and secondary ones, creates a constant desire to follow their journey. They all grow and unfold over the course of the book, portraying a Nazi Germany where not everything was black and white.
It's a beautiful and devastating book, that portraits a time in history when being human was both the ugliest and the bravest thing one could be. Cried my eyes out.
"I am haunted by humans.” me too...
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Antisemitism, and War
Minor: Suicide
entrancedbywords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
This might be a bit inappropriate but you know how excited I was to read some German words in this book? It felt like I was getting a refresher in some of the words, and going "Ooh.. I know what those mean."
Unfortunately with a book like this it went through the eyes and out the ears. It wasn't that I struggled to read it, I just struggled to see it as any more than just words on a page.
Moderate: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Death of parent, and War