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Jun 23, 2019
Pamela
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Wow. Very well done book that tells the story of Lale and Gita who meet and fall in love in Auschwitz. It is an incredible story of survival. I had some mixed emotions, as I read, which is not a bad thing. One was guilt for enjoying the book. Another was a mix of irritation and sadness, the first which surprised me. Irritation that Lale was so savy that he quickly figured out how to trade on things in the camp, when others were so helpless. I get that this is the point of the story, that by bein
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Based on a true story this tells of Lale and Gita, who meet in Auschwitz and fall in love, and both live to find each other and marry. Well written, and horrifying as all such books are, but imbued with hope. A lost star as while based on a true story, and claimed by the author to be 95% true with only minor changes made, there are actually, according to research I did, a number of fairly egregious errors, starting with the apparent misspelling of Lale's name.
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I really enjoyed this book. I had read a lot of criticism about the simple writing style, but I didn’t mind it. I’ve read so many overly wordy and descriptive books lately that it was refreshing to read a good story that was straight to the point, rather than a drawn out missive that could’ve been half the length. This is a book I’d highly recommend to fans of WWII historical fiction. (Although, yes, this is based off the story of a real survivor of Birkenau and Auschwitz.)
Jan 31, 2019
Weng
marked it as to-read
Jul 08, 2020
Kayla
marked it as to-read
