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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Fabulous, gripping, thrilling. Once again a book by Robert Harris that I couldn't put down. I had to re-listen to the last two chapters again to make sure I had picked everything up correctly because the ending was a little ambiguous. I'd be interested to know what others thought about the ending and what it meant?
Earlier this year, I read Stephen Booth's "Black Dog" in which one of the main characters (an elderly WWII veteran in England) is noted as owning only one book, namely "Fatherland" by Robert Harris. So of course I was intrigued.
I'm sure Robert Harris, writing this in the early 1990s, could never have dreamed that our current president would make his Nazi alternative history so starkly relevant.
Describing the monuments that Adolf Hitler (again, in this imagined future) has built in honor of himself in a 1964 in which the Nazis have won WWII, I see echoes of the personality in our current white house.
"The avenue was designed by Reichsminister Albert Speer and completed in 1957. It is one hundred and twenty-three meters wide and five-point-six kilometers in length. It is both wider, and two and a half times longer, than the Chaps Elysees in Paris.
Higher, longer, bigger, wider, more expensive...even in victory, thought March, Germany has a parvenu's inferiority complex. Nothing stands on its own. Everything has to be compared with what the foreignors have...."
Even if the plot wasn't so newly relevant, I'd recommend for the crisp, clear writing, rich characters and entertaining twists.
I'm sure Robert Harris, writing this in the early 1990s, could never have dreamed that our current president would make his Nazi alternative history so starkly relevant.
Describing the monuments that Adolf Hitler (again, in this imagined future) has built in honor of himself in a 1964 in which the Nazis have won WWII, I see echoes of the personality in our current white house.
"The avenue was designed by Reichsminister Albert Speer and completed in 1957. It is one hundred and twenty-three meters wide and five-point-six kilometers in length. It is both wider, and two and a half times longer, than the Chaps Elysees in Paris.
Higher, longer, bigger, wider, more expensive...even in victory, thought March, Germany has a parvenu's inferiority complex. Nothing stands on its own. Everything has to be compared with what the foreignors have...."
Even if the plot wasn't so newly relevant, I'd recommend for the crisp, clear writing, rich characters and entertaining twists.
Couldn't get into this one at all. Maybe I'll try again some other time.
Imagine living in Germany, in the sixties, in a world in which Hitler's Nazis won WWII. The entire Holocaust is just a myth, a topic that only the most observant even consider to be possible. Creepy, right? This serves as the premise for Robert Harris' Fatherland. An outsider to his society, a German investigator and American journalist rush to uncover a huge government secret before the Gestapo catch up to them. The story was definitely exciting, but the ending left me a bit disappointed and wanting something more. It got bogged down by all of the details as well. I would recommend it to anyone who loves playing "what if?" with history.
Moah, ich geb's auf. Times New Roman, Schriftgröße 10 UND eine langweilige Geschichte ist einfach zu viel des Schlechten.
What if a) the Nazis won WW2 b) a Cold War existed between the USA and the Nazis and c) now the Nazis had to govern?
This detective mystery takes those three questions, along with the obvious yet unspoken question of "Hey, what happened to all the Jews?" and put them together into one thrilling (and based on historical fact in terms of characters) adventure. It's not as much historical fiction as I'd personally like, but what is available is gripping and makes for a good read.
This detective mystery takes those three questions, along with the obvious yet unspoken question of "Hey, what happened to all the Jews?" and put them together into one thrilling (and based on historical fact in terms of characters) adventure. It's not as much historical fiction as I'd personally like, but what is available is gripping and makes for a good read.
Seems an appropriate time for some opposition research.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
