Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

9 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

born_reading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

noemiiii_molletes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? N/A

4.75

wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

rojdareads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Bullying and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Pretty much TW for everything and anything.

aisling872's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Cursing

syd991's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

I finally got around to reading this book, after years of meaning to. 

I will say the narration took some getting used to, with Death being the narrator and all. I didn’t mind the straight to the point style, however there was something about it that made starting the book slightly difficult for me. 

Once I’d gotten past the narration (again, this issue is just my personal preference of style), I started to really enjoy it. The characters are loveable, you feel their joy and pain, and truly understand their triumphs and failures.

This book also makes the list of now 4 books to have ever made me cry (Can you tell I don’t cry often over books?). That’s really saying something, about me personally and the emotion the Zusak puts into this book. It’s truly heartbreaking.

Everyone should read this at least once in their lives. It’s too powerful and well-written for someone to keep it on a shelf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, and Gore

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

leocmd17's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A few issues with the structure of the novel

such as Death witnessing things he had no way of knowing or any way for Liesel to have known (Hans tripping over the child’s dead body?), and his morbid obsession with Liesel despite only meeting her three times before he finds her book. Why did he stay to watch her cry over her family and friends when he’s never seen doing that before and actively states he doesn’t like to do so. Slight plot issues which bugged me

but overall an emotional and engaging read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder