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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
After finishing a couple of Picoult duds in a row, this book reminded me why she has been one of my favorite authors for so long. Weaving intricate storylines together from multiple viewpoints and making the reader grapple with feeling compassion for the bad guy is her specialty. That compassion came to a pretty quick halt once I got to Josef’s chapters though, they were brutal. The whole time I was reading them, I could not stop myself from comparing his words to the current rhetoric that I am seeing everywhere. “Selling the idea that [Jews/immigrants] were to blame for all of [Germany’s/America’s] problems was just not that difficult.” and “At [Gymansium/School] I wasn’t clever enough to come up with the right answer. In [Hilter-Jugend/MAGA] I was told the right answer and as long as I parroted it back I was considered a genius” The biggest takeaway for me was that these people weren’t always monsters, they were normal people that got manipulated into becoming monsters and that it could easily happen again.
I figured out what the twist at the end would be pretty early on and I was really pleased to be right about that, but I honestly hated the way that the book ended. I wish that we would have heard more from Franz, I think his story would have been a really important one.
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another high rated 3 star read. I was really enjoying the first 200 pages then the 200 pages after that got really boring, then the last 100 pages got me back! I felt a bit teary after finishing it too..
At first, this book was easy to put down. I could forget about The Storyteller for long periods of time without wondering about it or caring what would happen next. However, this story started to slowly, slyly and unexpectedly seep into my heart. I was unable to put it down!
I feel as though it's better to go into this story completely blind. I will, however, give the basic plot even although I feel that it is mildly spoilery.The Storyteller is about Sage Singer, a baker, who befriends an elderly man named Josef Weber at her grief counseling group. Josef Weber is not the friendly old man that he appeared to be. He was an SS Soldier during Hitler's reign and wants Sage, who comes from a Jewish background, to kill him.
This book made the History student in me scream with delight. This book is all about the Holocaust. We learnt about the Holocaust in Grade 9 and we learnt about it in more detail two months ago. The story of Hitler, the Nazi's the Holocaust and the concentration camps are extremely accurate. It is also extremely brutal and sickening to read about.
This book made the person in me, who's interested in the human psyche', dance for joy. This book questions every single thing to do with humanity: What is the difference between good and evil? What makes a monster? Can a monster be good or bad? Is the world white, black or full of shades of grey? What makes us human? What is forgiveness? What is survival? Picoult's analysis of humanity, good vs evil, character, human survival and forgiveness vs revenge was spot on!
This book is told in multiple POV's and each POV is typed in a different font. There is Sage, the main character, Josef, Leo, Minka and a fictional story that is woven into the main story. Each characters POV shows their personality and their backstory. I felt as though each POV was done extremely well. My favourite POV was Minka's, which I will explain later in this review, and my least favourite was Josef's.
This book made me emotional. I usually don't cry when I'm sad, I tend to cry when I'm angry and I definitely don't cry when I read a book. I didn't cry when reading The Storyteller, but this book! Minka's POV made my eyes burn and water slightly. Minka is a Holocaust survivor and the story that she told was realistic, terrifying, sad and hopeful. I understood everything that she felt. That's an understatement! I felt everything that she felt and so much more!
Jodi Picoult has an amazing writing style and every single word of hers drew me deeper into her story until I was so engrossed in it that I couldn't get out, no matter how much I tried. I abandoned my homework and my projects just so that I finish this amazing book.
GO READ THE STORYTELLER!
I feel as though it's better to go into this story completely blind. I will, however, give the basic plot even although I feel that it is mildly spoilery.The Storyteller is about Sage Singer, a baker, who befriends an elderly man named Josef Weber at her grief counseling group. Josef Weber is not the friendly old man that he appeared to be. He was an SS Soldier during Hitler's reign and wants Sage, who comes from a Jewish background, to kill him.
This book made the History student in me scream with delight. This book is all about the Holocaust. We learnt about the Holocaust in Grade 9 and we learnt about it in more detail two months ago. The story of Hitler, the Nazi's the Holocaust and the concentration camps are extremely accurate. It is also extremely brutal and sickening to read about.
This book made the person in me, who's interested in the human psyche', dance for joy. This book questions every single thing to do with humanity: What is the difference between good and evil? What makes a monster? Can a monster be good or bad? Is the world white, black or full of shades of grey? What makes us human? What is forgiveness? What is survival? Picoult's analysis of humanity, good vs evil, character, human survival and forgiveness vs revenge was spot on!
This book is told in multiple POV's and each POV is typed in a different font. There is Sage, the main character, Josef, Leo, Minka and a fictional story that is woven into the main story. Each characters POV shows their personality and their backstory. I felt as though each POV was done extremely well. My favourite POV was Minka's, which I will explain later in this review, and my least favourite was Josef's.
This book made me emotional. I usually don't cry when I'm sad, I tend to cry when I'm angry and I definitely don't cry when I read a book. I didn't cry when reading The Storyteller, but this book! Minka's POV made my eyes burn and water slightly. Minka is a Holocaust survivor and the story that she told was realistic, terrifying, sad and hopeful. I understood everything that she felt. That's an understatement! I felt everything that she felt and so much more!
Jodi Picoult has an amazing writing style and every single word of hers drew me deeper into her story until I was so engrossed in it that I couldn't get out, no matter how much I tried. I abandoned my homework and my projects just so that I finish this amazing book.
GO READ THE STORYTELLER!
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a very difficult read. Emotionally devastating in so many ways.
medium-paced