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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)

Heather Morris

Why we're reading this: 7/8 - WWII
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Mar 26, 2019 Sonya rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, 2019

I'm loathe to give a bad review because the story of Lale and Gita is a lovely one of two people finding love and surviving the harshest conditions. (Who doesn't love love?) I had to remind myself over and over that this book is classified as historical fiction so we have no idea how much of it is real and how much is the author's ideas. Some of the claims are flat out wrong (Gita's tattoo number and the initial train stops for example) and others are just so outlandish that it seems they couldn ...more

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Aug 26, 2021 Holli rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I love true stories that are touching and inspirational. It was hard to put down.

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Jul 21, 2019 Erin Leiter rated it liked it

A good and important story, as these stories of survivors must continue to be told, but I was not a big fan of the writing style. It was very simplistic to me.

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Jan 06, 2020 Lauren rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What a sad story! I dual read this and listened to it on audio. I think the narrator was German and was reading a European edition as some of the words were changed. For example while I had soccer he read football. Or when it was mentioned as girls in the book he said women. Sometimes I found it distracting but I enjoyed his voice. The story was just beautiful and I hadn’t realized it was a true story. It makes it even more sad. I’m definitely going to read “Cilka’s Journey” when it comes in the ...more

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Mar 20, 2019 Debbie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: first-visit-with-an-author, historical-fiction, 2019

If this was not centered on real people, it would be completely unbelievable. I have read MANY WWII/Holocaust-related books. This one is unique in the unbelievably good fortune that Lale experiences in his three years of imprisonment.

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