Reviews tagging 'Murder'

La sage-femme de Berlin by Anna Stuart

2 reviews

unicornofblue's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Deadnaming, Drug use, Infertility, Colonisation

Minor: Abortion

momma_needs_to_read's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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This is, once again, a truly heartbreaking story. Yet, at the same time, it was really heartwarming. Anyone who has read the first book, The Midwife of Auschwitz, will love this book. Our hearts broke when Esters' baby was taken from her in Auschwitz at just 4 days old.

I loved reading the dual POV between Kirsten (Pippa) and Olivia as they navigate such a difficult time in history as well as their own personal history. This time period isn’t something I know a lot about, so I did learn a lot of new things. I couldn’t even imagine how hard the Iron Curtain must have been for those like Ester and Filip who survived the Holocaust. The trauma that was unearthed when Ester watched them start the Berlin wall was heartbreaking.
I did feel that there were times where the story got a bit slow, that’s why I didn’t give it a 5 star rating.
Again, Anna Stuart wrote this beautifully. It is well researched, emotional and captivating. I loved the main characters, especially those from The Midwife of Auschwitz. Olivia and Kirsten were both so well written.

If you’ve read The Midwife of Auschwitz, then you must read this and if you haven’t, then read it and then this one too!

Anna Stuart is one of my favourite authors, so very honoured to be a part of this book tour! Thank you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, War

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder