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Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

mandareads1's review

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5.0

A wonderful book but a very hard and emotional read. knowing the story of the real Dr Herta Oberhauser and the awful things she did to the prisoners at Ravensbrück made it so real that I felt sick when reading her parts of the story. I’m glad I read it, but now I need to read something a little lighter.

katko123's review against another edition

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1.0

It´s a terrible book! How on earth this has so many stars it´s just beyond me. I listened to audiobook which has just awful pronunciacion. I am Polish national and have to honestly say that lots of details are simply wrong, names arent always polish too. If you want to use foreign names and places, phrases even, make sure that you know how to pronaunce them! There´s enough Polish people all over the world to simply ask for help, to ask to clarify details and to hire them to read the polish part in the audiobook!
For me it was impossible to listen, gave up after 60%, torture.
Story itself is bad too....

missreaderaddict's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

pamela_xo's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

suzannem's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

isoney's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

dghoiem's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

bbloome01's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

jbrusa's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.0

alexm417's review against another edition

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4.0

3.75 stars