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creativerunnings's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Confinement, Police brutality, Torture, and Deportation
questingnotcoasting's review against another edition
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.
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.
Graphic: Police brutality and Confinement
Moderate: Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence
sophie42's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
4.25
Graphic: Police brutality, Kidnapping, Torture, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Murder, Rape, Death, Grief, Violence, and War
Minor: Death of parent
heyitsgiulia's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Moderate: Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Forced institutionalization
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