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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This short story by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor is a series of letters between two friends, one German the other Jewish during the World War and rise of hitler, will be a 10 to 30 minute read. Totally intense, so go read it!
Good short afternoon read. Also a fairly refreshing way to write about Nazism.
This was a quick read, and felt very relevant to todays culture in the US as well. Wow
challenging
dark
sad
tense
A very clever look at German/American points of view in the 1930’s told in letters.
Stunning. I just finished this five minutes ago. Taylor does in a handful of pages what other writers can’t accomplish in a thousand. The range of emotions experienced in such a quick read has left me pretty dumbfounded. The fact that this was written in 1938 is even more astonishing. A quick, necessary read.
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
How had I never heard of this ridiculously powerful epistolary novel? So thankful to my friend Peg, who suggested it. The 54-page story consists of 19 letters between two business partners, written over a 16-month period. The New York Times Book Review wasn’t exaggerating when they called this brief novel “perfection itself” after its 1938 publication.
I read the 2001 reprint, which includes a foreword from author Kathrine Kressman Taylor’s son. His entry adds fascinating context.
I read the 2001 reprint, which includes a foreword from author Kathrine Kressman Taylor’s son. His entry adds fascinating context.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I see parallels in American society today.
fast-paced