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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

11 reviews

crazyleex's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

I couldn't put this down. As harrowing as the events that take place are this is a beautiful story of one mans survival and cunning that not only kept him alive but helped others survive. His determination o survive only grew as he fell in love and it shows that even when the worst horrors are occurring that love can still blossom and create light in dark times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, War, Murder, and Death

cesca_natalia's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Genocide, Death, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

lexibug's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Hate crime, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Deportation, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, War, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent

kearneth's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I wish the characters were handled with more respect and care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

alanadriggers's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Torture, Sexual assault, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, Child death, Death, Grief, Violence, and War

sh543's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Blood, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Deadnaming, Suicide, Dysphoria, Sexism, Child abuse, Child death, and Medical content

caltaylor's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Blood, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Torture, War, and Violence

literarymeg's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.5

I don’t have words to describe the emotions that this book has brought out from me. I’ve cried multiple times. I almost stopped reading it when

Lale was brought to another concentration camp,

I couldn’t bear it. My heart aches for Lale, Gita, and Cilka,  knowing what they must have gone through from my own research, and reading this particular book. This book tells a story from such a sad and horrifying part of history. However, Lale and Gita’s story is so beautiful and hopeful. I  couldn’t put it down. I read every word in this book, even the afterwords, which I usually could care less about. 

How does one even bring themselves to review a book like this?

My only complaint with this book, is just the stylistic choices Morris decided to write this story with. The book is told in resent tense, which I completely understand why Morris made the choice to do so however, as one who reads a majority of books in the past tense, it was a little hard for me to get into the story at first. Once I did get into it, however, as I said, I couldn’t put it down. I would recommend this book to everyone. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

angele_vergoni's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I've been wanting to read this book for so long, and I was a little bit disapointed. It comes from the main character : it was hard for me to get attached to him (mainly because of the way he talks about women that I found very patriarcal).
Also I found the writting very simple (it rarely bothers me when I read, but here it did).
This book is not too long to read. Some parts of it are hard as it depicts the life on a concentration camp, but the main focus is on the love story, which, for me, make it easier to read compared to other books with the same subject.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

tatih's review

dark emotional informative fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is breathtaking, heartwrenching, and so profoundly beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Physical abuse, Genocide, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Death