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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (June 2021)
By Mariah Roze · 7 posts · 65 views
By Mariah Roze · 7 posts · 65 views
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3.5 stars. I liked this one a lot, but I'm struggling with rating this super high because of how inconsistent this novel is with WWII history. I know it's fictional, but there are far too many inconsistencies for me to rate this higher than what I am currently rating it. Review to come.
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Do not get me wrong - the story behind the book is powerful, raw, desperate, a tribute to invincible human spirit and a will to live and love despite the blood curdling adversities. Again, the story is, but the book is not.
Despite the euphoric book reviews, I could not get behind them. Let me repeat - the review is about the book of fiction, not the real story.
Notwithstanding the decent volume of the book, the most emotionally impactive were the first 20 pages of the novel because these were t ...more
Despite the euphoric book reviews, I could not get behind them. Let me repeat - the review is about the book of fiction, not the real story.
Notwithstanding the decent volume of the book, the most emotionally impactive were the first 20 pages of the novel because these were t ...more
I've been a bit delinquent in getting to my review of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, but as all my other book buddies have reviewed it, I believe it is time.
Lale a young Slovakian Jewish man is sent to Auschwitz and when he arrives begins to work as a tattooist. This position offers some protection and it provides Lale with opportunities for his skill at negotiation or put another way wheeling and dealing.
Morris tells this true story from the memories of an elderly man. It could perhaps have been ...more
Lale a young Slovakian Jewish man is sent to Auschwitz and when he arrives begins to work as a tattooist. This position offers some protection and it provides Lale with opportunities for his skill at negotiation or put another way wheeling and dealing.
Morris tells this true story from the memories of an elderly man. It could perhaps have been ...more
How mind boggling that this war, the horrors, and inhumanity - murder, violence, and sadism - happened less than a century ago. That it was going on only a decade before I was born. It's so incredible, in the sense that it's hard to believe people could be so unflinchingly evil.
I am not surprised people stopped functioning, stopped crying, and stopped wanting to live. Untangling the guilt, the perpetrators, from the resigned, the confused and the pervasive chaos will never be enough. And frankl ...more
I am not surprised people stopped functioning, stopped crying, and stopped wanting to live. Untangling the guilt, the perpetrators, from the resigned, the confused and the pervasive chaos will never be enough. And frankl ...more
Goodreads needs half stars, because I’d like to put this one at a solid 2.5 out of 5-meaning I’m still not sure whether or not I really liked it or not. In my opinion, much of the story seemed too romanticized and fortuitous for something based on a true story, let alone a Holocaust story. That said, I liked Lale, and I thought there was something to be learned by his shrewd ability to find opportunity in such adversity, and to remain humane while living in a world that no longer valued humanity
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Jul 06, 2018
Hend
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Oct 31, 2018
☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣
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