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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

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karie's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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standardissuecat's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

Loved this as a German minor and someone who's been to Berlin, but it would be great even if you have no experience in the German language. Felt like longform journalism in parts. I really loved how the author incorporated her personal experience into her writing. You really felt like you had gotten to know her by the end. 
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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I've read this book several times but felt like picking it up again because I was reading another book about the Stasi which I wasn't really getting on with. The Stasi are something of a special interest for me, as I wrote my uni dissertation about the file archives and I'm still just as interested now.
This is quite a strange read at times and I know it's not for everyone but I really enjoy Funder's mix of memoir and journalism. It's also interesting because it was published 20 years ago so the history and stories it discusses are even further removed from us now but are still so powerful and fascinating. I listened to the audiobook for the first time, which isn't narrated by Anna Funder herself but I still really liked it. 
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