Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

3 reviews

bg_oseman_fan's review

informative fast-paced

5.0

This was a very engaging look at a historical even that often merits only a paragraph in history books. the authors do a great job of contextualizing the summit in the broader events going on at the time. i admire how thorough they were in interrogating the sources and conversation around how various people involved remembered and talked about the summit. a must read for those interested in WW2, espionage, or history in general

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Classism, Rape, and Sexual violence

crownoflaurel's review

informative mysterious medium-paced

2.5

Why on earth was so much of this written in present tense?? I almost put this down when it turned out the first chapter was just an excerpt. Overall, the prose was trying much too hard to be mysterious and sensationalistic, much more suited to a fiction novel then a history. 

Also, there’s a way for books covering a specific event to provide enough context of WWII without also trying to cover the entire war. Maybe there wasn’t enough about this conspiracy to fill a book, but… a lot in here wasn’t necessary to the actual story being told. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Deportation, War, Antisemitism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Xenophobia, Classism, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Police brutality

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Antisemitism, War, Grief, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Classism