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

Heather Morris

Start date: January 2, 2019

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May 22, 2022 Shelby rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: first-time, strangers-to-lovers, insta-love, abuse, deserve-additional-reads, dark, historical, angst, kidnapping-abduction, m-f

I honestly expected this story to be darker than it was. Every time I go into a WWII book, especially one dealing with the Holocaust I'm always leary, wondering how dark of a rat whole is the author going to take me down. And while this book does deal with the inner workings of Auschwitz and Birkenau there is such hope in Lale, such determination to survive at whatever the cost, that it doesn't drag you down into despair. Lale's story is traumatic, heartrending, and horrific, but somehow in spit ...more

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Mar 08, 2020 Suzanne rated it it was amazing

The Tattooist of Auschwitz touched me deeply in a way that some Holocaust memoirs have failed. Some have said they don't care for the way Heather Morris used so much dialog and that it isn't factual enough. But including the conversation and thoughts these people might have had adds a more immediate personalization. There are enough books that deal with the hard facts of concentration camps, but I find Morris' writing style more relatable.

Many have called people such as Lale and Cilka collaborat ...more

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Jan 01, 2020 Elina Mäkitalo rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Hyvä kirja, kamala aihe. Teksti oli jouhevaa ja mielenkiintoa ylläpitävää. Pidin aiheen vakavuudesta huolimatta.

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Aug 21, 2019 Heli rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, historiallinen

A touching story of endurance and trying to survive.

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Dec 28, 2019 Emma rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: one-shots-series-starters, 2019, 2019-novel, 2019-adult, historical-fiction, adult

I was wavering between giving this book 3 stars or 4 stars.

I read a couple of top Goodreads reviews before starting The Tattooist of Auschwitz and was surprised to find that the biggest criticism - no prose - was not just an opinion but a blatant issue. A love between two people's fate is so uncertain should be a harrowing tale, but the emotionless writing style failed to evoke any emotion in me.

That being said, I'm touched by how this is based off of a true story. There are many times were I ...more

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