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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
challenging
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inspiring
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I’ve never been one to choose nonfiction over my thrillers and contemporary fiction novels, but I’m so glad Nate introduced me to Corrie ten Boom and her family. It’s a story of unwavering faith, God’s strength replacing our own, and heartbreak that came at the perfect time (just as God always does).
In ways I could never imagine having to face myself, the ten Booms put so many lives before their own to fight against evil. Even pastors gave in to the fear, the hate, and refused to take part in the underground network.
Even in their 10 months of imprisonment in confinement and concentration camps, Corrie and her sister, Betsie, found beauty and joy in the ants crawling through the cells and kept their ever-growing close relationship with her Father, preaching the Gospel in every room they stepped in.
I, in my own (much less physically tormenting) devastation, have found myself failing to truly trust in God. To be able to look to Him with love and trust without fail for all that time and unknown… It’s definitely changed my heart to be more intentional with my trust through the future.
I long to be like Betsie: seeing a hurting human in need of love rather than seeing someone hurtful and hateful. Corrie once described her sister’s near excitement at learning they were still prisoners teased with freedom, knowing of the guards she could “teach to love.” Another time, upon learning the name of the man who betrayed them, while Corrie felt overwhelming anger and hatred toward the man, Betsie felt sorrow and love for him, for she thought he must also be suffering greatly. That, there, is the true heart of Jesus. One I pray to have, but often fail at demonstrating.
I hope it’s obvious through my review that The Hiding Place is a must-read. Especially thinking of the large- and small-scale struggles our world has faced in the last few years and currently, this book is full of Corrie ten Boom’s words to be carried in the hearts of everyone who reads them.
In ways I could never imagine having to face myself, the ten Booms put so many lives before their own to fight against evil. Even pastors gave in to the fear, the hate, and refused to take part in the underground network.
Even in their 10 months of imprisonment in confinement and concentration camps, Corrie and her sister, Betsie, found beauty and joy in the ants crawling through the cells and kept their ever-growing close relationship with her Father, preaching the Gospel in every room they stepped in.
I, in my own (much less physically tormenting) devastation, have found myself failing to truly trust in God. To be able to look to Him with love and trust without fail for all that time and unknown… It’s definitely changed my heart to be more intentional with my trust through the future.
I long to be like Betsie: seeing a hurting human in need of love rather than seeing someone hurtful and hateful. Corrie once described her sister’s near excitement at learning they were still prisoners teased with freedom, knowing of the guards she could “teach to love.” Another time, upon learning the name of the man who betrayed them, while Corrie felt overwhelming anger and hatred toward the man, Betsie felt sorrow and love for him, for she thought he must also be suffering greatly. That, there, is the true heart of Jesus. One I pray to have, but often fail at demonstrating.
I hope it’s obvious through my review that The Hiding Place is a must-read. Especially thinking of the large- and small-scale struggles our world has faced in the last few years and currently, this book is full of Corrie ten Boom’s words to be carried in the hearts of everyone who reads them.
Books that leave me with a book hangover are the best. This is one of those books.
This book made me laugh, and it also made me cry. Corrie highlights her experience with some of the horrors of WWII concentration camps, without dwelling on them, instead using these experiences as examples of how God can work even in the most wretched of situations.
This book made me laugh, and it also made me cry. Corrie highlights her experience with some of the horrors of WWII concentration camps, without dwelling on them, instead using these experiences as examples of how God can work even in the most wretched of situations.
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Maybe it’s because I’ve already read a few Holocaust memoirs and visited some concentration camps, so this didn’t feel like such a unique experience anymore. But of course, Corrie ten Boom still went through horrible conditions, and what stands out is how her Christian faith never wavered.
She was a Dutch Christian who, along with her family, helped hide Jews from the Nazis during World War II. The early chapters focused on her life as a watchmaker, and eventually opening her doors to Jews who were being persecuted by the Gestapo. When they discover her work, she gets thrown into prison and eventually a concentration camp. This happens around the 60% mark of the book, and that’s when her story starts to pick up.
Not to downplay her experience, but I was honestly surprised by details like her being given an eye check and prescribed glasses in the camp. But then I remembered she wasn’t in Auschwitz and isn’t a Jew so it would explain why she was treated more humanely than others.
Overall, still an inspirational work, but not the best Holocaust memoir out there.
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emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
I remember reading this book in school. It is a profoundly moving memoir that chronicles the author’s experiences during World War II. Corrie, along with her family, were devout Christians who risked their lives by hiding Jews from the Nazis in their home in the Netherlands. While they were incredibly brave, they were eventually arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps.
This book is more than a historical story, it is a moving tale of the power of faith, forgiveness, and resilience in the face of pure evil. Corrie’s storytelling is vivid, heartfelt, and honest. She successfully captures the horrors of the Holocaust while sharing the enduring hope that sustained her and her family.
Rated: 3.75/5.0–Overall – I was inspired by Corrie’s choice of love and forgiveness over hatred. Her ability to forgive her captors and the lessons she shares about the human spirit are humbling.
This book is more than a historical story, it is a moving tale of the power of faith, forgiveness, and resilience in the face of pure evil. Corrie’s storytelling is vivid, heartfelt, and honest. She successfully captures the horrors of the Holocaust while sharing the enduring hope that sustained her and her family.
Rated: 3.75/5.0–Overall – I was inspired by Corrie’s choice of love and forgiveness over hatred. Her ability to forgive her captors and the lessons she shares about the human spirit are humbling.
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I can’t even imagine living through what these many people lived through. And I can’t imagine doing it with such courage, patience, hope, faith and love. This story is inspiring. I am in awe. May I be even a small fraction as faithful and forgiving as the Ten Booms.
Personal and challenging, I refer to it regularly. Can’t recommend enough.