Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

34 reviews

ambersbakesandbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

keepsleep's review

challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, War, Death of parent, Antisemitism, and Deportation

Minor: Blood, Torture, Gun violence, Sexual content, Cursing, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

maggies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I loved the arc of the story, as I've never read a novel about forgers during WWII. Unfortunately I never connected with the intended emotions of this book. Eva read as pretty one-dimensional to me, and the romance between her and Remy felt forced. The twist during the war was cartoonishly presented, I legitimately hated Eva's mom, and

I can't understand why Eva wouldn't share her story with her husband or even why she didn't want to know what happened to the children

. The writing style was not for me—I found it too basic, lots of telling rather than showing—but the audiobook narration was well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Grief and War

Minor: Murder and Suicide

bertrandlm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

leanna_vera's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Racism

Moderate: Death, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture

amberjackonski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Antisemitism, Gun violence, and Death

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Genocide, Death, War, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

karimorton33's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this read, despite parts of it being probably unrealistic to reality, it is fiction and it showed a new piece of WWII that I hadn't learned anything about in the past. Some of the characters didn't really progress in the learning or personality, but the plot kept things moving along. (Read for Central Book Club)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, and Antisemitism

honeywaffles's review

Too emotionally heavy right now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia

marioosa517's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Antisemitism, Genocide, Blood, Xenophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: War, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content