Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

8 reviews

valeeni's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Was anfängt wie eine Liebesgeschichte, behandelt im weiteren Verlauf die Fragen nach Schuld, Vergebung und die Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, and Suicide

Minor: Confinement and Sexual content

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War

gelslitreviews's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and War

shea_proulx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

buzzi_maus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

sag mir doch wer dass es nach dem ersten Kapitel nur noch weiter bergab geht :,)

kl liste meinerseits zu im buch erwähnten büchern:
 - "Le Rouge et le Noir" Stendhal 1830
 - "Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull" Thomas Mann 1922
 - "Ilias" Homer 8./7. Jh. v. Chr.
 - "Odyssee" Homer 8./7. Jh. v. Chr.
 - "Vier Reden gegen Catilina" Marcus Tallius Cicero 63 v. Chr.
 - "The old man and the sea" Ernest Hemingway 1952
 - "Emilia Galotti" Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1772
 - "Kabale und Liebe" Friedrich Schiller 1784
 - "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" Joseph von Eichendorf 1826
 - "Krieg und Frieden" Leo Tolstoy 1865

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, War, and Deportation

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

es hat tatsächlich mehr als einen CN und ein TW gebraucht

calealactee's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury

merrychristmas's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, and Antisemitism

tina94's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death