237 reviews for:

Cradles of the Reich

Jennifer Coburn

3.87 AVERAGE

lmskikun's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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As most historical novels about the WW2 area do, this book is emotionally hard to read at some times, since it does have a lot of real life background. Not as common but this book focuses on 3 German woman who in each own way see something wrong happening around them but chose to act differently about it - and I honestly can’t say I didn’t like any of them in some or other way. Also what I feel is another uncommon point is that this timeline mostly is focused on before the start of the war and Poland invasion which for me, at least gave a slight another view into that period. 

laurenisme's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

daniellereads12's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

persephonesmom's review against another edition

4.75

dark inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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This book is particularly interesting from the perspective of an American in 2025.

moocow417's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lottie1803's review

4.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

lmb3346's review

5.0

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Written beautifully and showcasing a side of Nazi Germany that is rarely talked about. She interconnects the lives of three women, all with various views on the Reich, highlighting how vastly different opinions could be. She backed up her story with tons of research and made the story plausible and a great read!

lmv_1721's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense

mariabruzzo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

laurac90's review

3.75

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes