Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe

10 reviews

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Ooof, that was a tough one. It is dark, heavy and very atmospherical/vivid. I understand that this is what may make it so great for some. For me, it was just a bit much. But I one hundred percent understand the privilege I have in saying this. I enjoyed the story and Dita as a character. The story was multidimensional as were the characters. The translation was done very well; it read like it was written in English. What surprises me is that this is listed as young adult. with the writing style, details and description, I would not say it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Classism, and Deportation

rachjaki744's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual harassment and Pandemic/Epidemic

booksbyashleigh's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, and War

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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? No

5.0

This book was… It’s hard to put into words how powerful this book and the characters are. Such an amazing story; full of heart ache and truth behind real people who literally survived hell. 
You know a book is amazing when you become invested and feel at times as if you are with the characters. I cried, I found myself gasping when things were revealed, I had to put my cheez-its down because i couldn’t eat while some parts where explained. This is a must read for everyone. History repeats itself, and education is a powerful weapon; the Nazis’ knew this and tried to destroy knowledge and truth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

lauramcc7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

fenouil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

mjwilliamson's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.25

I enjoyed this book, though saying that makes me feel weird. It was very sad and thought provoking. The idea that these were real people, a real place and real stories was probably the most terrifying thing about it all. But that was also what kept me engaged. I needed to know what happened to these people through it all. Their surroundings were so desolate and depressing that it, in a way, made it feel like I needed to protect them. I would highly recommend this book to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

gemstone's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Excrement, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, and War

Minor: Homophobia and Trafficking