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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Interesting perspective on the start of the War, I love the way that Larson tells two stories in his books to give you a more complete picture of the era.
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Such an important book for all to read. A detailed account of a frightening time in history that informs us today, as well. Larson, once again, takes an important historical period and brings it to life. Had history been presented like this when I was a teenager, I would have been a better historian throughout my life.
informative
slow-paced
This interesting and well written, but not my favorite Erik Larson book. But this does make me an Erik Larson completist! I've now read everything he's written!
Not my favorite of his, but he’s really good at making nonfiction unbelievable.
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This was a book club pick. I wish I could absorb the information via osmosis. Unfortunately, I don’t have the mental bandwidth for this one right now given the state of things.
Another one I just couldn't get through (made it to page 200 out of 370). I didn't hate it, but I certainly wasn't riveted like I was by "devil in the white city." Despite its depiction of a very interesting and horrifying place and time period, the story wasn't told very compellingly or cohesively. Also I would have loved a list of "characters" tat the beginning so I could have kept track of what was who more easily.
This was an interesting look at history and the work of an ambassador. Note to all future ambassadors: it's probably best to leave promiscuous adult children who have Communist leanings at home in the United States. While reading this book, I wanted to scream at all the players for not doing everything they could to stop Hitlerism before it was too late.