Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington

3 reviews

marenm's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Genocide, Death, Deportation, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

courteneykenyon's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

A powerful story that deep dives into some of the most challenging parts of the Holocaust. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Ableism, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Confinement, Deportation, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Torture, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Suicide, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Abandonment, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Rape, Body horror, and Child death

katrinaburch's review

informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

This was such a great book that it pains me to have to give it 4 stars. Why? Because the author uses endnotes!! And if she was only citing sources I wouldn't have a problem with it but once you start including extra information, having to flip back and forth is so freaking distracting and annoying. Extra information like the author includes here go as footnotes. 

Otherwise this book is really really good! I have read a lot of Shoah material and I mean a lot but yet I had never hear of these women. The author also talks about things I had never heard before either. 

If interested I also recommend Anne Sebba's book: Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Die... Which discusses clothing quite a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and War

Moderate: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and War