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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Fue raro.
No leí el libro por la parte histórica, para eso leo un libro de historia, pero me gusta la idea de un libro de romance con un poco de historia. En este caso ni fu no fa, es decir, no me emociono en nada, no conecte con ningún personaje, la historia de amor no me dio nada. Llego un momento que estaba deseando que pasara algo o que el libro terminara.
Al final no paso nada, la historia de amor (si se puede llamar así) no fue nada, no logré nunca conectarme con los personajes, nunca nos hicieron sentir nada.
No leí el libro por la parte histórica, para eso leo un libro de historia, pero me gusta la idea de un libro de romance con un poco de historia. En este caso ni fu no fa, es decir, no me emociono en nada, no conecte con ningún personaje, la historia de amor no me dio nada. Llego un momento que estaba deseando que pasara algo o que el libro terminara.
Al final no paso nada, la historia de amor (si se puede llamar así) no fue nada, no logré nunca conectarme con los personajes, nunca nos hicieron sentir nada.
El libro está divido en tres partes y eso hace la lectura sencilla, por aquello de "un capítulo más":
Primera parte: La protagonista (Eva) recibe una oferta de trabajo para traducir en los juicios donde se acusan a los asesinos de SS, trabajo que le satisface mucho, pero que no coincide con los gustos de su prometido, persona conservadora que cree que su esposa no debería trabajar.
En las dos siguientes partes, Eva ya está bien involucrada en la historia de aquellas víctimas de tantas aberraciones, que le trajeron a la memoria haber participado, o presenciado cuando apenas tenía 4 años. Su familia, para su decepción, se verá inmiscuida un tanto y eso le pone suspense y ganas de no parar el libro. La necesidad del lector de saber si estuvieron a favor, si participaron, de que manera, o si es un simple error o suposición.
A cada párrafo va develando hechos, situaciones, para dejarnos siempre en suspense. Incluir sus recuerdos e irlos develando me pareció la mejor parte, como lo hilvanó hasta el final me gustó mucho.
La diferencia entre este libro y otros sobre el holocausto, es que Eva no es una sobreviviente, mas bien está del otro lado, es alemana. y eso me gustó, tengo una curiosidad viva en mí respecto a este tema y el pueblo alemán: en serio no sabían? Qué sienten y dicen hoy de sus antepasados? Y hubo un poco de respuesta para mi en este libro.
Del juicio celebrado hubo testimonios reales tomados por la autora de un archivo. No son muchos, pero creo que los suficientes para lo que quería lograr con el libro. Sobre el holocausto se ha escrito mucho, este fue una manera diferente, esta fue el sentir de una chica alemana que pone en duda constante a su familia y a su nación, y eso me pareció un excelente punto a su favor.
"Consuelo, quieren que los consolemos" esa frase me encantó. Fue dicha por un judío al que Eva fue a pedirle perdón. Una cortita frase que "interpretarla" dice muchísimo.
Lo recomiendo como lo que es, una novela de ficción histórica. como digo siempre cuando se abordan temas concretos en libros: para saber más a fondo, con más realidad, no lea una novela, vaya a los libros de historia.
Primera parte: La protagonista (Eva) recibe una oferta de trabajo para traducir en los juicios donde se acusan a los asesinos de SS, trabajo que le satisface mucho, pero que no coincide con los gustos de su prometido, persona conservadora que cree que su esposa no debería trabajar.
En las dos siguientes partes, Eva ya está bien involucrada en la historia de aquellas víctimas de tantas aberraciones, que le trajeron a la memoria haber participado, o presenciado cuando apenas tenía 4 años. Su familia, para su decepción, se verá inmiscuida un tanto y eso le pone suspense y ganas de no parar el libro. La necesidad del lector de saber si estuvieron a favor, si participaron, de que manera, o si es un simple error o suposición.
A cada párrafo va develando hechos, situaciones, para dejarnos siempre en suspense. Incluir sus recuerdos e irlos develando me pareció la mejor parte, como lo hilvanó hasta el final me gustó mucho.
La diferencia entre este libro y otros sobre el holocausto, es que Eva no es una sobreviviente, mas bien está del otro lado, es alemana. y eso me gustó, tengo una curiosidad viva en mí respecto a este tema y el pueblo alemán: en serio no sabían? Qué sienten y dicen hoy de sus antepasados? Y hubo un poco de respuesta para mi en este libro.
Del juicio celebrado hubo testimonios reales tomados por la autora de un archivo. No son muchos, pero creo que los suficientes para lo que quería lograr con el libro. Sobre el holocausto se ha escrito mucho, este fue una manera diferente, esta fue el sentir de una chica alemana que pone en duda constante a su familia y a su nación, y eso me pareció un excelente punto a su favor.
"Consuelo, quieren que los consolemos" esa frase me encantó. Fue dicha por un judío al que Eva fue a pedirle perdón. Una cortita frase que "interpretarla" dice muchísimo.
Lo recomiendo como lo que es, una novela de ficción histórica. como digo siempre cuando se abordan temas concretos en libros: para saber más a fondo, con más realidad, no lea una novela, vaya a los libros de historia.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A book about the Holocaust and a translator? You’d think that would be a total home run for me. Nope. It played fast and loose with the words interpreter and translator (and since it was translated from the German you’d have thought at least the translator would have known the difference?), as well as the characterizations of Eva and Jurgen and even David Miller. It felt very sloppy and all over the place and I was horrified that we were expected to believe Eva and Jurgen could look to a happy future together at the end. Was hoping for so much more based on the subject but wow this missed the mark. Also Jesus the horrifying older sister??? She was so callous and messed up and there was no redemption or explanation, really. Which, fine, evil exists, and traumatized people can do bad things but she just sucked. Didn’t need to hear about her side of the story at all.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
This book was a lot. It was only 325 pages, but it felt like so much more! I initially thought it would be a quick, read in one sitting read, and then I realized yes, that’s how it should be read. Because if you don’t read this in one sitting, or end at one of the parts, you’ll have no idea what’s going on or where you ended.
Wins:
-it’s a side of WW2 that I have never heard talked about, I liked the fact that it was 20 years later and during the trials
-character progression: just with Eva. Throughout the trial she begins to find things out and is changed as a person
-the foreshadowing into the blindside shock. The twists were pretty good. Didn’t expect some of them
Opportunities:
-BREAK IT UP. There were literally paragraphs that went on for 3 pages, single paragraphs, where the dialogue wasn’t broken up into different sections, the paragraphs went on forever, over explained and took what felt like hours to get through
-no chapters. This goes with the above. It felt like if I needed to take my dog out, or get a drink, there were no stopping points for 50 pages, and then coming back it would take me 5 minutes to figure out where I left off
-the random switching povs with no break, spaces, paragraph changes, just BOOM, we’re following someone else.
-the romance was awful. I hate Jürgen. I think he’s an awful character, and their entire relationship was one muddy mess that I had no idea what was going on. It was super confusing, and he was a VERY unlikeable character.
-the pointless additions. We kept flashing back to completely irrelevant other sides to the story that just felt like glue trying to form some kind of plot, which leads me to:
-what was the plot?
I didn’t enjoy this as much as I thought i would. I claimed it with points on Bookish First because I was that excited, and I’m super disappointed. It was honestly an exhausting read, and not due to World War 2 content, because I felt like if I took any breaks in this book after putting it down the first time, I wasn’t going to pick it back up. All the characters were kind of annoying, there really wasn’t a plot, and there was a lot of garbage trying to make it a full length novel. The trials were actually really interesting to read about, but those were almost skimmed over. I probably will not be picking this up in the near future.
Wins:
-it’s a side of WW2 that I have never heard talked about, I liked the fact that it was 20 years later and during the trials
-character progression: just with Eva. Throughout the trial she begins to find things out and is changed as a person
-the foreshadowing into the blindside shock. The twists were pretty good. Didn’t expect some of them
Opportunities:
-BREAK IT UP. There were literally paragraphs that went on for 3 pages, single paragraphs, where the dialogue wasn’t broken up into different sections, the paragraphs went on forever, over explained and took what felt like hours to get through
-no chapters. This goes with the above. It felt like if I needed to take my dog out, or get a drink, there were no stopping points for 50 pages, and then coming back it would take me 5 minutes to figure out where I left off
-the random switching povs with no break, spaces, paragraph changes, just BOOM, we’re following someone else.
-the romance was awful. I hate Jürgen. I think he’s an awful character, and their entire relationship was one muddy mess that I had no idea what was going on. It was super confusing, and he was a VERY unlikeable character.
-the pointless additions. We kept flashing back to completely irrelevant other sides to the story that just felt like glue trying to form some kind of plot, which leads me to:
-what was the plot?
I didn’t enjoy this as much as I thought i would. I claimed it with points on Bookish First because I was that excited, and I’m super disappointed. It was honestly an exhausting read, and not due to World War 2 content, because I felt like if I took any breaks in this book after putting it down the first time, I wasn’t going to pick it back up. All the characters were kind of annoying, there really wasn’t a plot, and there was a lot of garbage trying to make it a full length novel. The trials were actually really interesting to read about, but those were almost skimmed over. I probably will not be picking this up in the near future.
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes