Helpful Score: 1
as others more eloquent than me have written , ... this is a well written book . the language is excellent the storyline well thought out ... but there are plenty mistakes in the german used and in the german references ... [ to poems , songs etc ] , misspellings that should have been corrected by a german proofreader .
being a german myself , my parents grew up during the war and my grandfather fought in it [on the german side ] ... my FIL's uncle fought on the US side in a town not too far from where i grew up and was injured in the fighting . this is MY background from the perspective that i am writing this review . i am also a christian , with my love for the jewish people and i visit a messianic synagogue on occasion [ lack of a car prevents me to go more often ] .
i gave this book 3 1/2 stars . it is a hard book to read , not soo much for the story line , but for the rather brutal descriptions for the acts being done to the main character . knowing that things 1000 times worse had been done to human beings , doesnt make reading the ones in this book any easier to swallow .
there is foul language , descriptions of intercourse and other detailed acts of violence . not a book i would recommend for anyone under 18 ...
but then ... TV is also descriptive in its portrails of violence much more so than this book .
as for how the germans made it through the war , knowing or not knowing .... my mother sometimes reminicent about the war and how desperate people were . i guess , if put into the same situation , people would make sacrifices -- like being a mistress ... the question then comes to mind , how far do we let ourselves be bullied before we stand up and say " no more "????
being a german myself , my parents grew up during the war and my grandfather fought in it [on the german side ] ... my FIL's uncle fought on the US side in a town not too far from where i grew up and was injured in the fighting . this is MY background from the perspective that i am writing this review . i am also a christian , with my love for the jewish people and i visit a messianic synagogue on occasion [ lack of a car prevents me to go more often ] .
i gave this book 3 1/2 stars . it is a hard book to read , not soo much for the story line , but for the rather brutal descriptions for the acts being done to the main character . knowing that things 1000 times worse had been done to human beings , doesnt make reading the ones in this book any easier to swallow .
there is foul language , descriptions of intercourse and other detailed acts of violence . not a book i would recommend for anyone under 18 ...
but then ... TV is also descriptive in its portrails of violence much more so than this book .
as for how the germans made it through the war , knowing or not knowing .... my mother sometimes reminicent about the war and how desperate people were . i guess , if put into the same situation , people would make sacrifices -- like being a mistress ... the question then comes to mind , how far do we let ourselves be bullied before we stand up and say " no more "????
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