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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
I finished reading Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay this afternoon. This book switched back and forth between Sarah and Julia for the first half of the book. And, then it switched to just Julia's perspective. This sounds like a strange combination, but I really kind of enjoyed how this book combined a WWII story with a bit of "chic lit". I loved how Sarah and Julia's stories intertwined. And, now I will be taking a break from WWII stories because it's starting to get into my head.
Great job bringing the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup to light. Complex characters helped tell this dreadful story of a part of the Holocaust too many have never heard of.
In the beginning, I didn't enjoy Julia as a character, but as the story went on I grew to like her. I thought the story was well-written and touching. I instantly loved Sarah and my heart ached for her throughout the entire book. I'm glad I read this story, as this is a part of history I had never known about. These stories are important to read and hear, to keep the circumstances of the past current in our minds, to remember and never forget.
Fabulous! I couldn't put it down. The story of a 10 year old Jewish girl, arrested in France as part of the Jewish round up in 1942. alternating chapters with the story of a current 40 ish American jounalist living in Paris who stumbles onto the 1942 story while researching an article. Not difficult to read. It has history, lies, secrets, drama. Would totally recommend this book.
Historical fiction. A page turner about a young girl's family being rounded up by French police to be transported to Auschwitz, and a modern day journalist delving into the little known Velodrome D'Hiver event.
The writing was weak & simplistic at times.
The writing was weak & simplistic at times.
This was just all right. Julia was kind of annoying and I didn't really care about her or her shitty husband. I liked Sarah's chapters but there were too few of them to amount to much.
Loved this book made up of two stories. 1: An American woman in modern day Paris researches the French police´s culpability in deporting Jews out of France to their deaths. 2: A 10 year old Jewish girl is wrenched from her home in Paris, but manages to escape the imprisonment camp before the masses are shipped to Aushwitz. The stories are somewhat haphazardly intertwined, but this is a story that grips you from beginning to end. It is also heartbreaking and fascinating to learn about the horrors that occurred on French soil, by French citizens, and the lack of information/interest about it today.
This was a beautiful book, although tragic. It intertwines the story of an American-born Parisian journalist who's determined to research the events of the Vel' D'Hiv round up in Paris and a young Jewish girl involved in the events.
The author has a way with dialogue and gives a stark and touching view of the events, while using the character "Sarah" to get closer to specific emotions. She uses an interesting literary device of saying "the girl" and then developing her into a complex character that affects the lives of so many other characters.
The author has a way with dialogue and gives a stark and touching view of the events, while using the character "Sarah" to get closer to specific emotions. She uses an interesting literary device of saying "the girl" and then developing her into a complex character that affects the lives of so many other characters.
Powerful story about doing what's right in the face of enormous pressure. A good history lesson as well.
I'd like to rank this a 2.5 rather than a 3.
A fast, decent read about a journalist dealing with her investigation into France's complicity in the Holocaust (namely the deportation of France's Jewish citizens) as well as her personal life as an American ex-pat in Paris.
I liked both intertwined stories but the ends are tied too neatly. This is hardly a very challenging read, either in terms of the writing or the themes. I read it in two days- it's just an easy read.
A fast, decent read about a journalist dealing with her investigation into France's complicity in the Holocaust (namely the deportation of France's Jewish citizens) as well as her personal life as an American ex-pat in Paris.
I liked both intertwined stories but the ends are tied too neatly. This is hardly a very challenging read, either in terms of the writing or the themes. I read it in two days- it's just an easy read.