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tayaingrid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Genocide, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death, Terminal illness, Sexism, Animal death, Suicide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Confinement, Sexual content, Ableism, Torture, War, Religious bigotry, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Xenophobia
aryn456's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
There was one character that was mostly enjoyable, the rest of the book was not. I had to read this in class and asked my teacher who said it worked great for an analysis (referring to depiction of flowers etc.) so if that is something you like then go ahead, but it was overall not a good book.
Spoilers ahead!!!
A major problem of mine was the main character, who not only saw women as sexual objects and described them as such, but he also described his mother that way. He is 17 and his girlfriend (20) is basically a manic pixie dream girl.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Blood
Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Cultural appropriation, and Drug use
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Genocide, and Animal death
bingsdings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Der Trafikant ist in einer ruhigen, bildhaften Sprache verfasst und man entdeckt überall kleine Details, die verlangen, überdacht zu werden.
Franz legt eine starke Entwicklung hin vom unbedarften Dorfjungen zum meinungsstarken Trafikanten, und bleibt sich selbst doch treu in seiner gelegentlich anstrengenden, aber generell herzerwärmenden naiven Denkweise und mit seinem moralischen Kompass.
Freud als Nebenfigur ist interessant, inwiefern seine Fiktionalisierung gelungen ist, ist fragwürdig.
Was dem Buch fehlt, ist die Perspektive, dass der Nationalsozialismus in Österreich nicht nur passiert ist, weil die meisten Bürger*innen einfach uninteressiert oder ängstlich waren, sondern auch weil es Menschen gab, die begeistert waren. Alle Perspektiven, die im Buch eingenommen werden, sind dem Nationalsozialismus eher abgeneigt, die Masse der Anhänger des Nationalsozialismus wird von außen und meist skeptisch betrachtet, wie Fremde, es scheint, als wären die wirklichen Österreicher*innen diejenigen, die nicht dort dazugehören.
Eine interessante Geschichte eines Jungen, der in einer Zeit eines großen politischen Umbruchs erwachsen wird und wagt, sich eine eigene Meinung zu bilden.
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Antisemitism, Murder, War, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism
bananenbrot's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
(I'm sorry I'm not very good at writing reviews)
Graphic: War and Death
Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, Suicide, Racism, and Grief
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Death of parent