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kchin's review
5.0
This has got to be the most honest, peculiar, and interesting memoir and account of the Holocaust, and I do LOVE an honest memoir.
A must read for all those interested in history and memoirs, and if only ONE book can be chosen to represent the Holocaust category, this book would be IT. It is not any more graphic than other accounts I've read about the Holocaust, but I hugely admire how honest the author was about his survival during his times in labour and concentration camps, and the accounts are incredibly shocking. It is a book not only about the Holocaust and the history that surrounds it, but about the total destruction of a soul and life afterwards through the event. I highly recommend this book, but with reservations. It's not everyone or the light hearted, it's a heavy and intense read, but an extremely well-written book and definitely one of my favourite memoirs. I don't think I slept well the night I finished this book.
A must read for all those interested in history and memoirs, and if only ONE book can be chosen to represent the Holocaust category, this book would be IT. It is not any more graphic than other accounts I've read about the Holocaust, but I hugely admire how honest the author was about his survival during his times in labour and concentration camps, and the accounts are incredibly shocking. It is a book not only about the Holocaust and the history that surrounds it, but about the total destruction of a soul and life afterwards through the event. I highly recommend this book, but with reservations. It's not everyone or the light hearted, it's a heavy and intense read, but an extremely well-written book and definitely one of my favourite memoirs. I don't think I slept well the night I finished this book.
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