9 reviews for:

Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

Günter K. Koschorrek

4.03 AVERAGE

sowol's review

4.25

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

jimmykurten's review

4.75

medium-paced

kenningjp's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative tense slow-paced

mattgilbie's review

2.0

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Started off hot but the rest of the chapters blended together… the accounts of the Ferdinand Tanks of the Eastern Front made me finish off the book but sadly the peak was only 4 chapters in.

lexicondvl's review

4.25

dark informative sad medium-paced

quietkat's review against another edition

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Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front was a compelling and hard to put down read but I’m having a hard time deciding on a rating or even what to say about it beyond that I believe it’s worth reading. War is brutal and Koschorrek does a great job of portraying that in complex and empathy inducing ways.

While I’m tempted to give Blood Red Snow 4 or 5 stars, I’m cynical enough and cautious enough to feel hesitant to give it that high of an endorsement. It definitely tugged my heartstrings in ways that I know cloud my judgment. Regardless, I appreciate it for what it is and that it didn’t sugarcoat the horrors and brutality of war.

Of note for my future self because I’m super forgetful, these reviews especially resonated:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5406417664
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6673114378
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6054872520

tfraser303's review

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War

nessawesley's review against another edition

3.0

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One of the most depressing books I've ever read. I didn't get it all done. I read about 75%-80% of it, I just could not finish it. As expected, it was devastating all the way through. I've had enough of the gory details with not a single positive moment. Just death, blood, body parts, pain and hopelessness. I have to put it aside now for my own mental health. I feel terrible for everyone who had to go through the same awful things. What a horrible place our world can be!

dreikaesehoch's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, War