Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Een vrouw in Berlijn: dagboekaantekeningen van april tot juni 1945 by Marta Hillers

3 reviews

doublydaring's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, War, Animal death, and Death

weekatsie's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Started out a little slow and impersonal, but the second half was much more engaging. It's certainly a very important book, in terms of historical significance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Rape, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Excrement, Death, Confinement, Blood, and Antisemitism

Minor: Suicide and Miscarriage

pi_a_la_mode's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

These diary entries present an eye-opening account of the occupation of Berlin in the weeks following the end of WWII.  The author’s first-hand perspective brings these well-document historical events closer to home for the reader, so incomprehensible to our modern sensibilities.  Events (even the most tragic and atrocious) are mostly described with an observational detachedness, reporting on the goings-on with a sense of duty to record what has been happening so that it will not be lost to memory.  However, there are also poetic lines of prose peppered throughout the pages, insightful reflections straight from the author’s very soul.  

A peek at my stats will show that I’m by no means a reader of non-fiction, but this diary compels its reader on like a historical novel.  We’re faced with the bitter reality of humanity’s depravity, but also blessed with a story of fortitude and survival.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Antisemitism, and Child death