Reviews

Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 by Len Deighton

bunnmj's review

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? No

4.5

skbrooke's review

Very slow and a wordy novel with a lot of background. It was clear the author did a lot of research but it wasn’t engaging enough for my taste.

slater49957's review against another edition

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. Am going to listen now on audible as well!

kelbi's review against another edition

5.0

A superb book. Very long and covers a very extensive historical period. I listened on Audible. It was read very well indeed. In many ways this was quite an emotional read, especially the Hitler years.

hadewygh's review

emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

coolbaud's review

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

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

3.75

This is written from a male POV. Much political and military content. A good study of public mindset in Germany, however, the emotions of the characters falls a bit flat. This would be a good story for a student of Germany in the world wars. Good content on both.

abitofmoxie's review against another edition

3.0

Question : SPOILER ALERT

What did they dig up at the end??

joesb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

avid_d's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

zzazazz's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I've seen other reviews that say this book is about a family living through World War II and to say that really short changes this magnificent novel. It's the story of a family from 1899 to 1945, as the title says. It focuses on the lives of two brothers, the youngest is born on New Year's Day of 1900. Through this family we witness the rise of Germany as a world power, it's defeat in WWI, the recovery of the country and the rise to power of the Nazis afterward to the eventual downfall of the regime and the ultimate ruin of the country.

It's one of those novels that leaves you a little down when you finish because you don't want it to end.